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transcriptase

transcriptase noun: a polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.

Noun

transcriptase (plural transcriptases)

  1. A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.

Forms of transcriptase

pluraltranscriptases

Origin of transcriptase

From transcript + -ase.

Words formed from transcriptase

Questions about transcriptase

What does transcriptase mean?
Transcriptase means a polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.
What part of speech is transcriptase?
Transcriptase is a noun.
What is the plural of transcriptase?
The plural of transcriptase is transcriptases.

Words near transcriptase in the dictionary

  1. transcriber
  2. transcribers
  3. transcribes
  4. transcribing
  5. transcript
  6. transcriptase
  7. transcriptases
  8. transcripted
  9. transcriptese
  10. transcripting
  11. transcription

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