retrotranscriptase

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From retro- +‎ transcriptase.

Noun

[edit]

retrotranscriptase (plural retrotranscriptases)

  1. (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, →DOI:
      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.
[edit]