polymerase
IPA: pˈɑɫɪmɝeɪs
noun
- (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.
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Examples of "polymerase" in Sentences
- A key part of Pacific Biosciences 'system is an enzyme called polymerase that human cells use to copy DNA.
- You cite an example of defects in polymerase proofreading and mismatch repair leading to an increased risk of cancer.
- It was a stretch of DNA that could be transcribed by an enzyme called polymerase into a chemically similar molecule known as RNA.
- As part of its work, the research team used a highly sensitive technique that relied on something called a polymerase chain reaction PCR.
- A protein complex called the polymerase, which is attached at the end of RNA, helps kick off replication once the assembly is injected into a healthy cell.
- I'm not sure what you are referring to by 'known mycobacterial mutations', but the main polymerase responsible for induced mutagenesis in M. tuberculosis including antibiotic resistance following infection
- I'm not sure what you are referring to by 'known mycobacterial mutations', but the main polymerase responsible for induced mutagenesis in M. tuberculosis including antibiotic resistance following infection (DnaE2 – see Boshoff et al Cell.
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