reverse transcriptase

English

Crystallographic structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

Noun

reverse transcriptase (plural reverse transcriptases)

1. (biochemistry) A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.

Related terms

• reverse transcription

Translations

polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template

• Bulgarian: обратна транскриптаза f (obratna transkriptaza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆轉錄酶 / 逆转录酶 (zh) (nìzhuǎnlùméi), 反轉錄酶 / 反转录酶 (fǎnzhuǎnlùméi)

• Finnish: käänteiskopioijaentsyymi
• French: transcriptase inverse (fr) f, rétrotranscriptase f
• German: reverse Transkriptase f
• Hungarian: reverz transzkriptáz
• Italian: retrotrascrittasi f
• Japanese: 逆転写酵素 (ぎゃくてんしゃこうそ, gyakutensyakōso)
• Korean: 역전사효소(逆轉寫酵素) (yeokjeonsahyoso)
• Romanian: reverstranscriptază f
• Russian: обратная транскриптаза f (obratnaja transkriptaza), ревертаза (ru) f (revertaza)
• Spanish: transcriptasa inversa f

Further reading

• reverse transcriptase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia