processivity

A measure of the average number of nucleotides added by a DNA polymerase enzyme per association/disassociation with the template.

Noun

  1. A measure of the average number of nucleotides added by a DNA polymerase enzyme per association/disassociation with the template.

Origin

Etymology tree English processive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English processivity From processive + -ity.

Forms

processivities