RNA polymerase love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of a complementary strand of RNA from a DNA template, or, in some viruses, from an RNA template.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

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