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polymerase

[ US /ˈpɑˌɫɪmɝˌeɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

How To Use polymerase In A Sentence

  • Details of the polymerase chain reaction are given in a previous publication.
  • The more drugs that one gives, the more likely it is that damage to host DNA polymerase will take place.
  • Presence of oncogenic HPV types 16 and 18 DNA was done by polymerase chain reaction.
  • “A polynucleotide system based on a ribozyme polymerase able sequentially to add the correct nucleotides and thus copy itself might work.” Good Math, Bad Math, and David Berlinkski - The Panda's Thumb
  • However, a nasopharyngeal aspirate is the best specimen for detecting influenza viruses, and polymerase chain reaction is more sensitive than tissue culture when serology is the reference standard.
  • To allow for the next round of transcription initiation RNA polymerase has to translocate about 60 base pairs.
  • Acyclovir, an acyclic guanosine analog, binds viral DNA polymerase, acting as a chain terminator and ending replication.
  • In 1969 – 70, the isolation of an RNA-polymerase associated with the viral particles of the vesicular stomatitis virus led to the idea that perhaps a key enzyme was also associated with the oncogenic RNA viruses. Luc Montagnier - Autobiography
  • Details of the polymerase chain reaction are given in a previous publication.
  • Replicative DNA polymerases are very accurate enzymes with error rates usually in the range of 10-5 per replicated nucleotide.
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