Definition of Polymerase

1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA.

Generic synonyms: Enzyme
Specialized synonyms: Dna Polymerase, Rna Polymerase, Transcriptase, Reverse Transcriptase

Definition of Polymerase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of DNA or RNA as a template. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polymerase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Polymerase

1. Enzymes that catalyse the synthesis of nucleic acids on preexisting nucleic acid templates, assembling RNA from ribonucleotides or DNA from deoxyribonucleotides. (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymerase

polymathist
polymaths
polymathy
polymatroid
polymatroidal
polymatroids
polymazia
polymegethism
polymeniscous
polymenophorea
polymer
polymer fume fever
polymerase (current term)
polymerase a
polymerase alpha
polymerase b
polymerase beta
polymerase chain reaction
polymerase g
polymerase gamma
polymerases
polymercaptan
polymeria
polymeric
polymeric amide
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
polymerically

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