- reverse transcriptase
- noun Date: 1971 a polymerase especially of retroviruses that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
reverse transcriptase
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Reverse-transcriptase — Transcriptase inverse Transcriptase inverse Général Synonymes EC … Wikipédia en Français
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Reverse transcriptase PCR — Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, abbreviated as RT PCR , is a two step process for converting RNA to DNA subsequent PCR amplification of the reversely transcribed DNA:1. first strand reaction::Complementary DNA (cDNA) is made from … Wikipedia
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