noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.
2. 2
   the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

rna polymerase

Etymology

From transcript + -ase.

Related phrases

reverse transcriptase

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