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- [pol-uh-muh-reys, -reyz]
- /ˈpɒl ə məˌreɪs, -ˌreɪz/
- /ˈpɑː.lə.mə.ˌres/
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- [pol-uh-muh-reys, -reyz]
- /ˈpɒl ə məˌreɪs, -ˌreɪz/
Definitions of polymerase word
- noun polymerase any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids. 1
- noun polymerase any enzyme that catalyses the synthesis of a polymer, esp the synthesis of DNA or RNA 0
- noun polymerase any of various enzymes that promote polymerization, esp. of nucleic acids 0
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Origin of polymerase
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60; polymer + -ase
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Polymerase
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
polymerase popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
polymerase usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with polymerase
- what does dna polymerase do?
- what is dna polymerase?
- what is the function of rna polymerase?
- what does rna polymerase do?
- what is the function of dna polymerase?
- what is rna polymerase?
- where does rna polymerase begin transcribing a gene into mrna?
- what does dna polymerase 1 do?
- what happens right before rna polymerase begins to work?
- what is the initial target of rna polymerase?
- where would rna polymerase attach?
- what is the role of rna polymerase?
- what is the role of dna polymerase in dna replication?
- rna polymerase moves in which direction along the dna?
- what is polymerase chain reaction?
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