polymerase

See also: Polymerase and polymérase

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Etymology

From polymer +‎ -ase.

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Noun

polymerase (plural polymerases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

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