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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

DNA polymerase

/(dē`ĕn*ā" pŏ*lĭm"ẽr*ās)/ · IPA
01 n. an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Cells contain several types of DNA polymerase, some …
  1. 1.
    an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Cells contain several types of DNA polymerase, some of which are required for replication of DNA, and are indispensable for multipliation and division of cells.(Biochemistry, Genetics)