Medical term:
transcriptase
transcriptase
[trans-krip´tās]RNA polymerase; an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis (polymerization) of RNA from ribonucleoside triphosphates, with DNA serving as a template.
reverse transcriptase see reverse transcriptase.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
tran·scrip·tase
(tran-skrip'tās),A polymerase associated with the process of transcription; may be RNA dependent or DNA dependent.
[L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]
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transcriptase
(trăn-skrĭp′tās, -tāz)n.
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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tran·scrip·tase
(tran-skrip'tās)A polymerase associated with the process of transcription; especially the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
[L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
transcriptase
Any enzyme that catalyses transcription of a molecule, as in the process of producing a copy of RNA from DNA. Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme found in viruses, such as HIV, that catalyses DNA from an RNA template-the reverse of the usual procedure.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
transcriptase
an RNA POLYMERASE (either RNA- or DNA-dependent) involved in TRANSCRIPTION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
tran·scrip·tase
(tran-skrip'tās)Polymerase associated with process of transcription; may be RNA or DNA dependent.
[L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + -ase]
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