reverse transcriptase

English

Crystallographic structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

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

• Finnish: käänteiskopioijaentsyymi
• French: transcriptase inverse (fr) f, rétrotranscriptase f
• German: reverse Transkriptase f
• Hungarian: reverz transzkriptáz
• Italian: retrotrascrittasi f
• Romanian: reverstranscriptază f
• Spanish: transcriptasa inversa f

Further reading

• reverse transcriptase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia