Retrotranscriptase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of reverse transcriptase.

    "DNA microarrays are particularly useful tools in this aspect: after collecting RNA samples from either tissue or cell cultures, cDNA is produced via a retrotranscriptase and hybridized with DNA probes attached to the surface of a manufactured chip."

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reverse transcriptase

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"DNA microarrays are particularly useful tools in this aspect: after collecting RNA samples from either tissue or cell cultures, cDNA is produced via a retrotranscriptase and hybridized with DNA probes attached to the surface of a manufactured chip."

Etymology

From retro- + transcriptase.

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