reverse transcriptase

English

Noun

reverse transcriptase (plural reverse transcriptases)

1. (biochemistry) A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.

Related terms

• reverse transcription

Translations

polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template

Bulgarian: обратна транскриптаза f (obratna transkriptaza) Chinese: Mandarin: 逆轉錄酶 / 逆转录酶 (zh) (nìzhuǎnlùméi), 反轉錄酶 / 反转录酶 (fǎnzhuǎnlùméi) Finnish: käänteiskopioijaentsyymi French: transcriptase inverse (fr) f, rétrotranscriptase f German: reverse Transkriptase f Hungarian: reverz transzkriptáz Indonesian: transkriptase balik Italian: retrotrascrittasi f Japanese: 逆転写酵素 (ぎゃくてんしゃこうそ, gyakutensyakōso) Korean: 역전사효소(逆轉寫酵素) (yeokjeonsahyoso) Romanian: reverstranscriptază f Russian: обратная транскриптаза f (obratnaja transkriptaza), ревертаза (ru) f (revertaza) Spanish: transcriptasa inversa f

Further reading

• reverse transcriptase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia