retrotranscriptase
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From retro- + transcriptase.
Noun
[edit]retrotranscriptase (plural retrotranscriptases)
- (biochemistry) Synonym of reverse transcriptase.
- 2015 July 7, Yunlong Hou et al., “Animal Models and “Omics” Technologies for Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Drug Targets to Prevent Heart Failure”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, :
- DNA microarrays are particularly useful tools in this aspect: after collecting RNA samples from either tissue or cell cultures, cDNA is produced via a retrotranscriptase and hybridized with DNA probes attached to the surface of a manufactured chip.