polymerase

See also: Polymerase and polymérase

English

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polymerase

Etymology

From polymer +‎ -ase.

Pronunciation

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Noun

polymerase (plural polymerases)

(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.

Derived terms

Translations

enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers

Chinese:
Cantonese: 聚合酶 (zeoi⁶ hap⁶ mui⁴)

Mandarin: 聚合酶 (zh) (jùhéméi)
Finnish: polymeraasi
French: polymérase (fr)
German: Polymerase (de) f
Greek: πολυμεράση (el) f (polymerási)
Hindi: बहुलकेद (bahulaked)
Indonesian: polimerase (id)
Italian: polimerasi (it)
Maori: whākōkī waerau
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: полимераз (polimeraz), нийлмэл исгүүр (niilmel isgüür) (China)
Mongolian: ᠫᠣᠯᠢᠮᠧᠷᠠᠽ (polimēraz), ᠨᠡᠢᠯᠡᠮᠡᠯ
ᠢᠰᠬᠡᠭᠦᠷ (neilemel iskegür)
Portuguese: polimerase (pt)
Russian: полимераза (ru) f (polimeraza)
Spanish: polimerasa f

See also

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