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T0315150 (trăn-skrĭp′tās, -tāz)n. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.

transcriptase

(trænˈskrɪpteɪz) n (Biochemistry) See reverse transcriptase

RNA polymerase

n. an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription. [1960–65]

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transcriptase - the enzyme that copies DNA into RNARNA polymerasepolymerase - an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

transcriptase

[trans-krip´tās] RNA polymerase; an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis (polymerization) of RNA from ribonucleoside triphosphates, with DNA serving as a template.reverse transcriptase see reverse transcriptase.

tran·scrip·tase

(tran-skrip'tās), A polymerase associated with the process of transcription; may be RNA dependent or DNA dependent. [L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]

transcriptase

(trăn-skrĭp′tās, -tāz)n.1. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.2. Reverse transcriptase.

tran·scrip·tase

(tran-skrip'tās) A polymerase associated with the process of transcription; especially the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. [L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]

transcriptase

Any enzyme that catalyses transcription of a molecule, as in the process of producing a copy of RNA from DNA. Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme found in viruses, such as HIV, that catalyses DNA from an RNA template-the reverse of the usual procedure.

transcriptase

an RNA POLYMERASE (either RNA- or DNA-dependent) involved in TRANSCRIPTION.

tran·scrip·tase

(tran-skrip'tās) Polymerase associated with process of transcription; may be RNA or DNA dependent. [L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]

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noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

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