Reverse transcriptase

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• Reverse-transcriptase — Transcriptase inverse Transcriptase inverse Général Synonymes EC …   Wikipédia en Français

• Reverse transcriptase — Transcriptase inverse Transcriptase inverse Général Synonymes EC …   Wikipédia en Français

• reverse transcriptase — n. an enzyme that makes DNA from RNA, found in retroviruses and widely used in recombinant DNA technology: cf. TRANSCRIPTASE …   English World dictionary

• reverse transcriptase — reverse transcriptase. См. ревертаза. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Reverse transcriptase — Protbox Name=Reverse Transcriptase Photo=1HMV.png|250px Caption=3D model of HIV reverse transcriptase HGNCid = Symbol = AltSymbols = Chromosome = Arm = Band = LocusSupplementaryData = Gene= Gene type= Protein length= Molecular weight= Structure=… …   Wikipedia

• Reverse transcriptase — The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA as a template to make DNA. Reverse transcriptase is so named because it reverses the usual transcription of DNA into RNA and lets RNA be… …   Medical dictionary

• reverse transcriptase — an enzyme, found mainly in retroviruses, that catalyses the synthesis of DNA from RNA. It enables the viral RNA to be integrated into the host DNA. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors are antiviral drugs that inhibit this process; they include… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• reverse transcriptase — reverse′ tran•scrip′tase [[t]trænˈskrɪp teɪs, teɪz[/t]] n. biochem. a retrovirus enzyme that synthesizes DNA from viral RNA, the reverse of the usual DNA to RNA replication: used in genetic engineering • Etymology: 1970–75 …   From formal English to slang

• reverse transcriptase — (RT) An RNA dependent DNA polymerase that uses a viral RNA genome as a template to form a DNA copy; this is a reverse of the normal flow of genetic information, which proceeds from DNA to RNA …   Dictionary of microbiology

• reverse transcriptase — RNA directed DNA polymerase. Enzyme first discovered in retroviruses, that can construct double stranded DNA molecules from the single stranded RNA templates of their genomes. Reverse transcription now appears also to be involved in movement of… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• reverse transcriptase — /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] * * * …   Universalium