reverse transcriptase

English

Crystallographic structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

Noun

reverse transcriptase (plural reverse transcriptases)

(biochemistry) A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.

Related terms

reverse transcription

Translations

polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template

Finnish: käänteiskopioijaentsyymi
French: transcriptase inverse (fr) f, rétrotranscriptase f
German: reverse Transkriptase f
Hungarian: reverz transzkriptáz
Italian: retrotrascrittasi f
Romanian: reverstranscriptază f
Spanish: transcriptasa inversa f

Further reading

reverse transcriptase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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