transcriptase
noun
tran·scrip·tase
tran-ˈskrip-ˌtās 
-ˌtāz
: rna polymerase
also
: reverse transcriptase
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Of course, college admissions officers may not be familiar with reverse-transcriptase inhibitors or machine-learning algorithms.
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Evan Mandery, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
The culprits are a class of drugs called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NTRIs).
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2007
Evan Mandery, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
The culprits are a class of drugs called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NTRIs).
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2007
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transcriptase
noun
tran·scrip·tase
tran-ˈskrip-ˌtās, -ˌtāz
: rna polymerase
also
: reverse transcriptase
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