Usually means: Enzyme that synthesizes DNA, RNA.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. polymerase: Merriam-Webster
  2. polymerase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polymerase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polymerase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polymerase: Vocabulary.com
  6. Polymerase, polymerase: Wordnik
  7. polymerase: Wiktionary
  8. polymerase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. polymerase: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. polymerase: Dictionary.com
  11. Polymerase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. polymerase: Rhymezone
  13. polymerase: FreeDictionary.org
  14. polymerase: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. polymerase: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polymerase: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. polymerase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  8. polymerase: Medical dictionary

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  1. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polymerase)

▸ noun:  (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.

Similar:
copolymerase, DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, depolymerase, polynucleotidase, exopolymerase, transcriptase, reverse transcriptase, primase, helimerase, more...

Opposite:
depolimerase, depolimerization, degradation

Types:
DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, Taq polymerase, more...

Phrases:
RNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, polymerase chain, Taq polymerase, polymerase dna, more...

Adjectives:
dependent, thermostable, bacterial, directed, specific, ribonucleic, cellular, stable, viral, associated, induced

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Similar:
copolymerase, DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, depolymerase, polynucleotidase, exopolymerase, transcriptase, reverse transcriptase, primase, helimerase, more...

Opposite:
depolimerase, depolimerization, degradation

Types:
DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, Taq polymerase, more...

Phrases:
RNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, polymerase chain, Taq polymerase, polymerase dna, polymerase rna, polymerase chain reaction, polymerase chain reaction (pcr), rna polymerase i, polymerase chain reactions, more...

Adjectives:
dependent, thermostable, bacterial, directed, specific, ribonucleic, cellular, stable, viral, associated, induced



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