The transcription processes, and the replication of DNA and of viral RNA, could be understood in terms of three distinctive enzymes: DNA-replicase, transcriptase, and RNA-replicase (Joshua Lederberg).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
scrip — ad·scrip·tion; ad·scrip·ti·tious; ad·scrip·tive; cir·cum·scrip·tion; con·scrip·tion; con·scrip·tion·ist; de·scrip·tion; de·scrip·tion·ist; de·scrip·tion·less; de·scrip·tio; de·scrip·tiv·ism; de·scrip·tiv·ist; de·scrip·tiv·is·tic; de·scrip·to·ry;… … English syllables
tran — as·tran·tia; cal·yp·tran·thes; ci·tran·ge·din; dex·tran; es·tran·ge·la; hep·tran·chi·as; in·tran·si·geance; in·tran·si·gence; in·tran·si·gent·ism; in·tran·si·tiv·ize; para·ni·tran·i·line; te·tran·dria; te·tran·dri·an; te·tran·drous;… … English syllables
tase — acon·i·tase; ad·e·nyl·py·ro·phos·pha·tase; an·a·tase; as·par·tase; cy·tase; di·op·tase; elas·tase; lac·tase; mu·tase; pec·tase; phos·pha·tase; phy·tase; py·ro·phos·pha·tase; re·duc·tase; syn·the·tase; aro·ma·tase; de·hy·dra·tase; hy·dra·tase;… … English syllables
transcriptase — tran·scrip·tase … English syllables
transcriptase — tran•scrip•tase [[t]trænˈskrɪp teɪs, teɪz[/t]] n. biochem. RNA polymerase • Etymology: 1963; transcript (ion) + ase … From formal English to slang
transcriptase — A polymerase associated with the process of transcription; may be RNA dependent or DNA dependent. [L. transcribo, pp. transcriptum, to copy, + ase] reverse t. rNA dependent DNA polymerase, present in virions of RNA tumor viruses (retroviruses). * … Medical dictionary
Reverse transcriptase — The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA as a template to make DNA. Reverse transcriptase is so named because it reverses the usual transcription of DNA into RNA and lets RNA be… … Medical dictionary
reverse transcriptase — reverse′ tran•scrip′tase [[t]trænˈskrɪp teɪs, teɪz[/t]] n. biochem. a retrovirus enzyme that synthesizes DNA from viral RNA, the reverse of the usual DNA to RNA replication: used in genetic engineering • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… … English syllables
