- 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...
- A DNA
polymerase is a
member of a
family of
enzymes that
catalyze the
synthesis of DNA
molecules from
nucleoside triphosphates, the
molecular precursors...
- 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...
- In
molecular biology, RNA
polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more
specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA
polymerase (DdRP), is an
enzyme that...
- Taq
polymerase is a
thermostable DNA
polymerase I
named after the
thermophilic eubacterial microorganism Thermus aquaticus, from
which it was originally...
- DNA
polymerase subunit gamma (POLG or POLG1) is an
enzyme that in
humans is
encoded by the POLG gene.
Mitochondrial DNA
polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting...
- RNA
polymerase 1 (also
known as Pol I) is, in
higher eukaryotes, the
polymerase that only
transcribes ribosomal RNA (but not 5S rRNA,
which is synthesized...
- 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...
- In
eukaryote cells, RNA
polymerase III (also
called Pol III) is a
protein that
transcribes DNA to
synthesize 5S
ribosomal RNA, tRNA, and
other small RNAs...
- DNA
polymerase I (or Pol I) is an
enzyme that parti****tes in the
process of
prokaryotic DNA replication.
Discovered by
Arthur Kornberg in 1956, it was...
