reverse transcriptase

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/trænˈskrɪpteɪz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tran skrip′tās, -tāz)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
reverse′ tran•scrip′tase  (tran skrip′tās, -tāz),USA pronunciation [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrya retrovirus enzyme that synthesizes DNA from viral RNA, the reverse of the usual DNA-to-RNA replication: used in genetic engineering to clone genes from RNA strands.
  • transcript + -ase 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reverse transcriptase / trænˈskrɪpteɪz/
  1. an enzyme present in retroviruses that copies RNA into DNA, thus reversing the usual flow of genetic information in which DNA is copied into RNA
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