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polymerase

'pɑlɪmɝr,eɪs

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noun
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA
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reverse transcriptase a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses