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ぎゃくてんしゃこう 逆転写酵素
Noun
1. reverse transcriptase
Wikipedia definition
2. Reverse transcriptaseIn the fields of molecular biology and biochemistry, a reverse transcriptase, also known as RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, is a DNA polymerase enzyme that transcribes single-stranded RNA into single-stranded DNA. It also is a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase which synthesizes a second strand of DNA complementary to the reverse-transcribed single-stranded cDNA after degrading the original mRNA with its RNaseH activity.
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