REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE


Meaning of REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE in English

/tran skrip"tays, -tayz/ , Biochem.

a retrovirus enzyme that synthesizes DNA from viral RNA, the reverse of the usual DNA-to-RNA replication: used in genetic engineering to clone genes from RNA strands.

[ 1970-75; TRANSCRIPT + -ASE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .