retrotranscriptase

English

Etymology

retro- +‎ transcriptase

Noun

retrotranscriptase (plural retrotranscriptases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses retrotranscription
    • 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, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/212910:
      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.
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