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reverse transcription

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

  • noun The process by which DNA is synthesized from an RNA template by means of the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

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  • noun genetics The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process)

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