polymerase
noun [ U ] biology, chemistry specialized uk/pəˈlɪ.mər.eɪz/ us/pəˈlɪ.mər.eɪs/
聚合酶
an enzyme (= a chemical substance produced by living cells) that causes the production of a polymer (= a chemical substance consisting of large molecules made from many smaller and simpler molecules )
To carry out its instructions, RNA must be decoded by an enzyme called polymerase. 为了执行其指令，RNA必须被一种叫做聚合酶的酶解码。
See also: polymerase chain reaction
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- The technique uses the enzyme DNA polymerase to copy selected sequences over a million times.
- It interrupts DNA synthesis and function by inhibiting DNA polymerase and incorporating into the DNA or RNA of the cell.
- They attack HBV polymerase, an enzyme essential to the reproduction of the hepatitis B virus inside an infected cell.