Taber's Medical Dictionary
transcriptase
(trans-krip′tās″ )
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A polymerase enzyme that constructs a messenger RNA molecule that is a complementary copy of the base sequence on a DNA gene.
SYN: SEE: RNA polymerase
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Transcriptase." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746827/1/transcriptase.
Transcriptase. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746827/1/transcriptase. Accessed April 17, 2026.
Transcriptase. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746827/1/transcriptase
Transcriptase [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 17]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746827/1/transcriptase.
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