DNA polymerase II (also known as DNA Pol II or Pol II) is a prokaryotic DNA-dependent DNA polymerase encoded by the PolB gene. DNA Polymerase II is an...
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A DNA polymerase is a member of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors...
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DNA polymerase I (or Pol I) is an enzyme that participates in the process of prokaryotic DNA replication. Discovered by Arthur Kornberg in 1956, it was...
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as DNA polymerase II. Pfu DNA polymerase has superior thermostability and proofreading properties compared with Taq DNA polymerase. Unlike Taq DNA polymerase...
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DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is the primary enzyme complex involved in prokaryotic DNA replication. It was discovered by Thomas Kornberg (son of Arthur...
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DNA polymerase (DNA-directed DNA polymerase, DdDP) Family A: DNA polymerase I; Pol γ, θ, ν Family B: DNA polymerase II; Pol α, δ, ε, ζ Family C: DNA polymerase...
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In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that...
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Thermostable DNA polymerases are DNA polymerases that originate from thermophiles, usually bacterial or archaeal species, and are therefore thermostable...
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists...
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Taq polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase I named after the thermophilic eubacterial microorganism Thermus aquaticus, from which it was originally...
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the process of DNA replication DNA polymerase II, a prokaryotic DNA-Dependent DNA polymerase encoded by the PolB gene DNA polymerase III holoenzyme,...
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RNA polymerase II (RNAP II and Pol II) is a multiprotein complex that transcribes DNA into precursors of messenger RNA (mRNA) and most small nuclear RNA...
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genome. DNA replication is the action of DNA polymerases synthesizing a DNA strand complementary to the original template strand. To synthesize DNA, the...
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DNA polymerase beta, also known as POLB, is an enzyme present in eukaryotes. In humans, it is encoded by the POLB gene. In eukaryotic cells, DNA polymerase...
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DNA polymerase eta (Pol η), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POLH gene. DNA polymerase eta is a eukaryotic DNA polymerase involved in the...
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Eukaryotic transcription (section RNA polymerase)
by RNA polymerase I. Protein coding genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II into messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that carry the information from DNA to the...
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Φ29 DNA polymerase is an enzyme from the bacteriophage Φ29. It is being increasingly used in molecular biology for multiple displacement DNA amplification...
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Transcription (biology) (redirect from DNA transcription)
communicates regulatory signals from enhancer DNA-bound transcription factors directly to the RNA polymerase II (pol II) enzyme bound to the promoter. Enhancers...
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DNA polymerase IV is a prokaryotic polymerase that is involved in mutagenesis and is encoded by the dinB gene. It exhibits no 3′→5′ exonuclease (proofreading)...
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synthesized partner strand. DNA polymerases are a family of enzymes that carry out all forms of DNA replication. DNA polymerases in general cannot initiate...
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polymerase II, bind to and read the single-stranded DNA gene template. The cluster of RNA polymerase II and various transcription factors is known as a basal...
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transcribed by RNA Polymerase III. "gDNA - Definitions from Dictionary.com". dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-26. "What is Genomic DNA? (with pictures)"...
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in contrast to typical DNA-dependent RNA polymerases, which all organisms use to catalyze the transcription of RNA from a DNA template. RdRp is an essential...
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Proofreading (biology) (redirect from Polymerase proofreading)
three DNA polymerases (I, II and III) have the ability to proofread, using 3’ → 5’ exonuclease activity. When an incorrect base pair is recognized, DNA polymerase...
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communicates regulatory signals from enhancer DNA-bound transcription factors directly to the RNA polymerase II (pol II) enzyme bound to the promoter. Enhancers...
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Reverse transcriptase (redirect from RNA-directed DNA polymerase)
and DNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity. Collectively, these activities enable the enzyme to convert single-stranded RNA into double-stranded cDNA. In...
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In eukaryote cells, RNA polymerase III (also called Pol III) is a protein that transcribes DNA to synthesize 5S ribosomal RNA, tRNA, and other small RNAs...
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A DNA virus is a virus that has a genome made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is replicated by a DNA polymerase. They can be divided between those...
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biochemist who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II and DNA polymerase III. He is currently a professor of biochemistry and biophysics...
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region of DNA called the terminator, where it halts and detaches from the DNA. As with human DNA-dependent DNA polymerases, RNA polymerase II, the enzyme...
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