Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.
- noun Reverse transcriptase.
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- noun biochemistry A
polymerase thatcatalyzes thetranscription ofDNA toRNA .
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- noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
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Examples
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That was very simple — by using an enzyme that can read DNA and synthesise RNA, called a transcriptase, he added.
Fred Barton: Intelligent design group is just a religious front - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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One example is reverse transcriptase, which is a viral enzyme involved in the infection of cells by telomeres.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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One example is reverse transcriptase, which is a viral enzyme involved in the infection of cells by telomeres.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The cell culture supernatant was regularly tested for reverse transcriptase activity.
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My project analysed the use of a synthetic molecule which inhibited the reverse transcriptase to control leukaemia induced by Friend virus.
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Combining both protein and RNA components, telomerase is a reverse transcriptase which adds telomere DNA to the ends of molecules using an RNA template.
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Speed Read 2009
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We had previously detected mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) sequences in the lymphocytes of breast cancer patients, and we were familiar with the technique of reverse transcriptase activity detection.
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The first week of sampling did not show any reverse transcriptase activity, but in the second week I detected weak enzymatic activity, which increased significantly a few days later.
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Furthermore, a member of this lab had been in our group teaching us the technique for the detection of reverse transcriptase, soon after the discovery of this enzyme by David Baltimore and Howard Temin.
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This synthetic molecule, named HPA23, proved capable of inhibiting reverse transcriptase activity of Friend virus in culture.
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