"reverse transcriptase" meaning in All languages combined

See reverse transcriptase on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: reverse transcriptases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reverse transcriptase (plural reverse transcriptases)
  1. (biochemistry) A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template. Categories (topical): Enzymes Related terms: reverse transcription Translations (polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template): käänteiskopioijaentsyymi (Finnish), transcriptase inverse [feminine] (French), rétrotranscriptase [feminine] (French), reverse Transkriptase [feminine] (German), reverz transzkriptáz (Hungarian), retrotrascrittasi [feminine] (Italian), reverstranscriptază [feminine] (Romanian), transcriptasa inversa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reverse_transcriptase-en-noun-Dkfy-4F2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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