Medical Definition of RNA replicase
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An enzyme that catalyses RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time, and can initiate a chain de novo. (enzyme nomenclature, 1992, p293)
Chemical name: Nucleoside-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed)
Registry number: EC 2.7.7.48
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of RNA Replicase
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