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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Phosphotransferases > Nucleotidyltransferases > RNA Nucleotidyltransferases > DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases > DNA Primase

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DNA Primase  

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Entry terms

  • Primase

Scope note

  • A single-stranded DNA-dependent RNA polymerase that functions to initiate, or prime, DNA synthesis by synthesizing oligoribonucleotide primers. EC 2.7.7.-.

History note

  • 98; use DNA PRIMASE (NM) 1980-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019915

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