transcriptase

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tran·scrip·tase (tr

n-skr

s, -t

1. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.

2. Reverse transcriptase.

transcriptase [trænˈskrɪpteɪz]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) See reverse transcriptase

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Noun

transcriptase - the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

RNA polymerase

polymerase - an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

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3TC antiviral antiviral agent antiviral drug AZT complementary DNA delavirdine drug cocktail HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy lamivudine nevirapine NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor NRTI nucleoside analogue nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor polymerase Rescriptor			A research article published in the journal The Lancet reveals that the scientists found that an HIV integrase inhibitor called Raltegravir is overall as effective as widely used efavirenz, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor. New antiretroviral drug safe and effective for patients beginning HIV ... by Asian News International N Engl J Med, 2008, 358, 568-579 The complications of antiretroviral therapy are by no means limited to the long term, and the abacavir hypersensitivity syndrome is a potentially fatal complication that occurs in approximately 5% of individuals within a few weeks of starting this nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI). HLA-B*5701 screening for hypersensitivity to abacavir by Kaul, Rupert / Journal of HIV Therapy Under the agreement, Agilent will make a payment to Invitrogen for an undisclosed amount and discontinue sales of RNase H minus reverse transcriptase products. Invitrogen and Agilent settle patent suits by Instrument Business Outlook			Transcendental curve Transcendental equation transcendental function Transcendental functions transcendental idealism transcendental meditation transcendental number transcendental philosophy transcendentalism Transcendentalist Transcendentality Transcendentally Transcendently Transcendentness Transcension Transcolate Transcolation transcontinental Transcorporate transcortical aphasia Transcribbler transcribe transcribed Transcriber transcript transcriptase transcription Transcriptive transcultural transculturation Transcur Transcurrence transcurrent Transcursion transcutaneous transdermal transdermal patch transdermic Transdialect Transdniestria transduce transducer transducing vector transductant transduction Transe transect Transelement Transelementation Transenne transept			Transcribing IHVH Transcribing IHWH Transcribing IHWH Transcribing IHWH Transcribing JHVH Transcribing JHVH Transcribing JHVH Transcribing JHWH Transcribing JHWH Transcribing JHWH Transcribing the tetragrammaton Transcribing the tetragrammaton Transcribing the tetragrammaton Transcribing YHWH Transcribing YHWH Transcribing YHWH transcript transcript transcript transcript Transcript Course Listing Transcript Delivery System Transcript of Account Transcript Of Data Extraction System transcript of minutes of commitment Transcript of Records transcript of testimony Transcript Reliability Cleaning Percentage Transcript Research System Transcript-Derived Fragment transcriptase transcription transcription transcription transcription transcription transcription Transcription (genetics) transcription activating element 1 Transcription Activation Domain Transcription and Translation transcription attenuation Transcription Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair Transcription disc Transcription factor Transcription factor transcription factor (TF) transcription factor (TF) transcription factor (TF) transcription factor (TF) Transcription Factor 1 Transcription Factor A Mitochondrial Transcription Factor Binding Sites Transcription Factor Binding Sites Recognition Transcription Factor Database Transcription Factor E3 Transcription Factor IIA Transcription Factor IIB Transcription Factor IIE Transcription factor IIIa Transcription Factor Matrix

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