Polymerase ​
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Enzyme that synthesizes nucleic acid from precursors
DNA polymerase ​
Enzyme that synthesizes the complementary DNA strand of a template DNA strand by catalyzing the formation of phosphodiester bonds
Makes the complementary strand from 5' to 3'
Reads the template strand from 3' to 5'
Taq polymerase ​
Thermostable DNA polymerase that synthesizes DNA from deoxynucleoside triphosphates (abbr. dNTPs)
RNA polymerase ​
Enzyme that synthesizes RNA
Primase ​
RNA polymerase that synthesizes RNA primers on the template DNA strand
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