noun
- an enzyme that catalyzes the replication of RNA or DNA
Usage: biochemistry
Examples
- The viral replicase is essential for the virus to reproduce.
- RNA replicase helps copy the genetic material in certain viruses.
- Scientists studied the replicase enzyme to understand viral replication.
- The replicase complex assembles at the replication site.
- Inhibiting replicase activity could prevent viral infection.
- The bacteriophage uses its own replicase to copy its genome.