transcriptase

(tran skriptās)

noun

an RNA polymerase that uses DNA as a template to produce ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, or messenger RNA

Origin: transcript(ion) + -ase

See transcriptase in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.
  2. Reverse transcriptase.

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