transcriptase

transcriptase [tran-skrip-teys, -teyz] Word Origin noun Biochemistry.

1. RNA polymerase.

Origin of transcriptase First recorded in 1963; transcript(ion) + -ase British Dictionary definitions for transcriptase transcriptase noun

1. See reverse transcriptase

transcriptase in Medicine transcriptase [trăn-skrĭp′tās, -tāz] n.

1. A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.
2. Reverse transcriptase.