reverse transcription

noun

Definition of REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION

: the process of synthesizing DNA using RNA as a template and reverse transcriptase as a catalyst

1971

Medical Dictionary

noun

: the process of synthesizing DNA using RNA as a template and reverse transcriptase as a catalyst

—reverse–transcribe transitive verb, reverse–transcribed reverse–transcrib·ing

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