RNA polymerase
Biochemistry
noun
Any of various enzymes that polymerize ribonucleotides to form RNA, typically from a DNA template.
- Major types of RNA polymerase are distinguished by Roman numerals..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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