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TRANSCRIPTASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

Synonyms:

RNA polymerase; transcriptase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("transcriptase" is a kind of...):

polymerase (an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA)

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A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of guanosine.

(Abacavir, NCI Thesaurus)

A benzodiazepine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

(Nevirapine, NCI Thesaurus)

Michellamine B inhibits HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) activity and HIV-induced cellular fusion and syncytium formation, thereby inhibiting viral propagation.

(Michellamine B, NCI Thesaurus)

A mesylate salt form of delavirdine, a synthetic, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

(Delavirdine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

It can bind the enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) in multiple conformations, both for native and mutant RT, thereby blocking the enzymatic activity of RT.

(Etravirine, NCI Thesaurus)

A thiocarboxanilide non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

(N-(4-Chloro-3-((3-Methyl-2-Butenyl)Oxy)Phenyl)-2-Methyl-3-Furancarbothioamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of cytosine.

(Dexelvucitabine, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of thymidine.

(Alovudine, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor prodrug analog of guanosine.

(Amdoxovir, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

(Delavirdine, NCI Thesaurus)