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A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: polymerase
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
обратна транскриптаза
(obratna transkriptaza)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Chinese Mandarin:
逆轉錄酶 /逆转录酶
(nìzhuǎnlùméi)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Chinese Mandarin:
反轉錄酶 /反转录酶
(fǎnzhuǎnlùméi)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Finnish:
käänteiskopioijaentsyymi
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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French:
transcriptase inverse
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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French:
rétrotranscriptase
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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German:
reverse Transkriptase
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Hungarian:
reverz transzkriptáz
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Indonesian:
transkriptase balik
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Italian:
retrotrascrittasi
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Japanese:
逆転写酵素
(gyakutensyakōso)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Korean:
역전사효소
(yeokjeonsahyoso)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Romanian:
reverstranscriptază
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Russian:
обратная транскриптаза
(obratnaja transkriptaza)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Russian:
ревертаза
(revertaza)
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
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Spanish:
transcriptasa inversa
— polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template
