Definition of reverse transcriptase
: a polymerase especially of retroviruses that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template
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First Known Use of reverse transcriptase
1971
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reverse transcriptase
noun
reverse tran·scrip·tase
Medical Definition of reverse transcriptase
: a polymerase especially of retroviruses that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template
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