transcriptase /trans·crip·tase/ (-krip´tās) a DNA-directed RNA polymerase; an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis (polymerization) of RNA from ribonucleoside triphosphates, with DNA serving as a template.
transcriptase
reverse transcriptase see at R.
tran·scrip·tase (tr n-skr p t s, -tz)n. 1. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription. 2. Reverse transcriptase. |
transcriptase
[transkrip′tās]
an enzyme that induces transcription.
transcriptase
RNA polymerase; an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis (polymerization) of RNA from ribonucleoside triphosphates, with DNA serving as a template.
reverse transcriptase
RNA-directed DNA polymerase; an enzyme of retroviruses and hepadnaviruses that catalyzes the transcription of RNA to DNA.
viral transcriptase
see reverse transcriptase (above).
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