- biochemistry, a
polymerase is an
enzyme (EC 2.7.7.6/7/19/48/49) that
synthesizes long
chains of
polymers or
nucleic acids. DNA
polymerase and RNA
polymerase are used...
- The
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a
method widely used to make
millions to
billions of
copies of a
specific DNA
sample rapidly,
allowing scientists...
- A DNA
polymerase is a
member of a
family of
enzymes that
catalyze the
synthesis of DNA
molecules from
nucleoside triphosphates, the
molecular precursors...
- Taq
polymerase is a
thermostable DNA
polymerase I
named after the
thermophilic eubacterial microorganism Thermus aquaticus, from
which it was originally...
- In
molecular biology, RNA
polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more
specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA
polymerase (DdRP), is an
enzyme that...
- RNA
polymerase II (RNAP II and Pol II) is a
multiprotein complex that
transcribes DNA into
precursors of
messenger RNA (mRNA) and most
small nuclear RNA...
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biochemical activities: RNA-dependent DNA
polymerase activity,
ribonuclease H (RNase H), and DNA-dependent DNA
polymerase activity. Collectively,
these activities...
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synthesized partner strand. DNA
polymerases are a
family of
enzymes that
carry out all
forms of DNA replication. DNA
polymerases in
general cannot initiate...
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American biochemist. In
recognition of his role in the
invention of the
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, he
shared the 1993
Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
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Thermostable DNA
polymerases are DNA
polymerases that
originate from thermophiles,
usually bacterial or
archaeal species, and are
therefore thermostable...