transcriptase

Definitions of transcriptase
  1. noun
    the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
    synonyms: RNA polymerase
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    type of:
    polymerase
    an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA
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