transcriptase

A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.

Noun

  1. A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.

Origin

Etymology tree English transcript Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English transcriptase From transcript + -ase.

Forms

transcriptases

Derived

reverse transcriptase retrotranscriptase