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tran·scrip·tase
 transcriptase
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- pronunciation:
- traen
skrIp
teIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
an enzyme that is involved in the formation of RNA from DNA during transcription.
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adjective + (n.)transcriptase
antiviral, bacterial, complementary, forward, human, quantitative, reverse, viral
verb + (n.)transcriptase
call, churn, encode, inhibit, terminate, use
noun + (n.)transcriptase
amplification, assay, cell, chain, cost, dna, drug, enzyme, extraction, inhibition, nucleotide, oval, packaging, primer, reaction, research, reverse, rna, virus
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The word transcriptase
contains the following part:
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
  Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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