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Definition: Polymerase |
PolymeraseNoun1. An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "polymerase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
"Polymerase" is a common misspelling or typo for: polymerize, polymers. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | An enzyme which catalyses the synthesis of DNA using a single DNA strand as a template. The polymerase copies the template in the 5'-3'direction provided that sufficient quantities of free nucleotides, dATP and dTTP are present. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Polymerase is an enzyme catalyzing the polymerization of nucleic acids.
It is an accident of history that the enzymes and organelles responsible for the catalytic production of other biopolymers are not also referred to as polymerases.
One particular polymerase, that from the thermophilic archae, Thermus aquaticus (Taq, pronounce "tack") (PDB 1BGX, EC 2.7.7.7) is of vital commercial importance due to its use in the polymerase chain reaction, a widely used technique of molecular biology.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Polymerase."
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 | Bullet-shaped virion is covered with 10-nm glycoprotein spikes. Ribonucleoprotein is composed of RNA encased in nucleoprotein (yellow), phosphorylated or phosphoprotein (orange), and polymerase (gray). Credit: CDC. |  | Diagram of the polymerase chain reaction test shows how to emplify HIV DNA sequences as a way to diagnose HIV infection in blood samples. |
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Health | The ribonucleoprotein is composed of RNA encased in nucleoprotein, phosphorylated or phosphoprotein and polymerase. (references) | |
Molecular methods (mainly Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR) is a very promising technique for the diagnosis of microsporidiosis. (references) | ||
Antigen detection, polymerase chain reaction assay, virus isolation, and serology can be used to identify adenovirus infections. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Polymerase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.66% of the time. "Polymerase" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.66% | 296 | 16,885 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.34% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 297 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "polymerase": DNA polymerase ♦ DNA Polymerase beta ♦ DNA Polymerase I ♦ DNA Polymerase II ♦ DNA Polymerase III ♦ DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ♦ DNA-Directed RNA Polymerase ♦ Polymerase Chain Reaction ♦ Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ♦ RNA Polymerase I ♦ RNA Polymerase II ♦ RNA Polymerase III ♦ RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ♦ Taq Polymerase ♦ viral polymerase. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "polymerase": polymerase-associated, polymerase-delta, polymerase-promoter. | |
Ending with "polymerase": taq-polymerase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "polymerase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 聚合酶. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polymerasekædereaktion (polymerase chain reaction), polymerase chain reaction (polymerase chain reaction), polimerasekædereaktion (polymerase chain reaction), PCR-teknik (polymerase chain reaction), PCR (polymerase chain reaction), Taq-polymerase (Taq polymerase), revers transcriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), omvendt transkriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), DNA-polymerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNA-afhængig RNA-polymerase (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polymerase kettingreactie (polymerase chain reaction), PCR-reactie (polymerase chain reaction), PCR,van het Engelse polymerase chain reaction,hierdoor is het mogelijk het virus op te sporen in het bloed,wordt toegepast in onderzoek naar HIV-infectie bij baby's van seropositieve moeders tijdens de window fase (polymerase chain reaction), PCR van repetitieve DNA-sequenties (rep PCR, repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction), PCR amplificatie (polymerase chain reaction), Taq-polymerase (Taq polymerase), reverse transcriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), katalytisch centrum van het polymerase (polymerase catalytic center), DNA-polymerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNA-afhankelijk RNA-polymerase (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polymeraasiketjureaktio (polymerase chain reaction), PCR (polymerase chain reaction), transkriptaasi (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), käänteiskopioijaentsyymi (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), DNA-polymeraasi (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | PCR (polymerase chain reaction), polymerase chain reaction (polymerase chain reaction), polymérase virale (viral polymerase), polymérase Taq (Taq polymerase), ADN polymérase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase), ADN polymérase de l'ADN viral B (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), ADN polymérase viral B (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), ADN-polymérase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase), ADN-polymérase ARN dépendante (RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), amplification en chaîne par polymérase (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction, polymerase chain reaction), amplification génique par PCR (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction), amplification PCR (polymerase chain reaction), acide désoxyribonucléique polymérase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase), centre catalytique de la polymérase (polymerase catalytic center), transcriptase reverse (RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), réaction en chaîne de la polymérase sur des séquences répétitives (repetitive-sequence polymerase chain reaction), réaction en chaînes de la polymérase (polymerase chain reaction), technique d'amplification enzymatique (polymerase chain reaction), technique de PCR (polymerase chain reaction), transcriptase (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), transcriptase inverse (RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), ARN-polymérase ADN dépendante (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Polymerase-Ketten-Reaktion (polymerase chain reaction), Polymerase-Kettenreaktion (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction), polymerase chain reaction (polymerase chain reaction), katalytisches Zentrum der Polymerase (polymerase catalytic center), DNA-Polimerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNA-Polymerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNS-abhängige RNS-Polymerase (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), DNS-Polymerase (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), enzymatische In-vitro-Genamplifikation durch Polymerase-Kettenreaktion (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction), HBV-DNA-spezifische DNA-Polymerase (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), DNA-Amplifikationsverfahren,enzymatische Genamplifikation durch PCR (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction), Hepatitis-B-DNS-abhängige DNS-Polymerase (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), Virus-Polymerase (viral polymerase), reverse Transkriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), Umkehrtranskriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), viruseigene Polymerase (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), HDNAP (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | PCR (polymerase chain reaction), ενίσχυση PCR (polymerase chain reaction), ανάστροφη μεταγραφάση (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), αλυσιδωτή ενίσχυση με πολυμεράση (polymerase chain reaction), αλυσιδωτή αντίδραση πολυμεράσης (polymerase chain reaction), DΝΑ κατευθυνόμενη RΝΑ πολυμεράση (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), DΝΑ πολυμεράση εξαρτώμενη από το RΝΑ (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polimerasi virale (viral polymerase), PCR (polymerase chain reaction), trascrittasi inversa (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), tecnica d'amplificazione enzimatica (polymerase chain reaction), RNA-polimerasi DNA dipendente (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), reazione a catena della polimerasi (polymerase chain reaction), DNA-polimerasi (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNA polimerasi del virus B (antigen-associated DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, HBV specific DNA polymerase, virion-associated DNA polymerase), DNA polimerasi (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), centro catalitico della polimerasi (polymerase catalytic center), amplificazione PCR (polymerase chain reaction), amplificazione genetica con PCR (in vitro enzymatic amplification using the polymerase chain reaction), ADN-polimerasi (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olymerasepay polimerase do ARN dependente do ADN (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), polimerase do ADN dependente do ARN (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), polimerase do ADN (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), PCR (polymerase chain reaction), transcriptase reversa (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), técnica de amplificação enzimática (polymerase chain reaction), RPC (polymerase chain reaction, remote procedure call), RNA-polimerase DNA-dirigida (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), reacção de polimerase em cadeia (polymerase chain reaction), ADN-polimerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), ADN polimerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), ácido desoxirribonucleico-polimerase (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase). (various references) polimerasa del ADN (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), transcriptasa inversa (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), técnica de PCR (polymerase chain reaction), técnica de amplificación enzimática (polymerase chain reaction), retrotranscriptasa (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), reacción en cadena de polimerasa (polymerase chain reaction), RCP (polymerase chain reaction), DNA-polimerasa (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), centro catalitico de la polimerasa (polymerase catalytic center), ARN-polimerasa ADN-dependiente (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol), amplificación por PCR (polymerase chain reaction), amplificación mediada por la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (polymerase chain reaction), amplificación del ADN por la tecnología de PCR (polymerase chain reaction), ADN-polimerasa (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), ADN polimerasa ARN dependiente (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase). (various references) reverse transcriptase (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), omvänt transkriptas (reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase), DNA-polymeras (DNA polimerase, DNA polymerase, DNA-polymerase), DNA-beroende RNA-polymeras (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA pol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "polymerase": polymerases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "polymerase" (pronounced pÄ"lumerā's) |
| 3 | -er ā' s | reiterates. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: employers, reemploys. | |
-2 letters: empalers, employer, employes, empyreal, lampreys, maypoles, parolees, polymers, ramosely, rampoles, reemploy, resample. | |
-3 letters: amperes, amylose, areoles, elopers, empaler, empales, employe, employs, erosely, lampers, lamprey, leapers, leprose, leprosy, maypole, morales, palmers, parleys, parolee, paroles, parsley, players, pleaser, polymer, premeal, presale, pyrolas, rampole, relapse, repeals, replays, reposal, sampler, sealery, sparely, yelpers. | |
-4 letters: ameers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: polymerases. | |
+5 letters: hypermetabolism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 79 6D 65 72 61 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. -.--. -- . .-. .- ... . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l y m e r a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0079 006D 0065 0072 0061 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50817891797184678571 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
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