SINCE 1828
reverse transcriptase
noun
reverse tran·scrip·tase
| \-ˌtran-ˈskrip-(ˌ)tās,
-(ˌ)tāz\
-(ˌ)tāz\
Definition of reverse transcriptase
: a polymerase especially of retroviruses that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template
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