reverse transcriptase

Definitions of reverse transcriptase
  1. noun
    a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses
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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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