| PDP | pattern disruption point; piperidinopyrimidine; platelet-derived plasma; primer-dependent deoxynucle... |
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| PDPI | primer-dependent deoxynucleic acid polymerase index |
| PHLOP | polymerase-halt-mediated linkage of primers |
| PIU | polymerase-inducing unit |
| POLA | polymerase alpha |
| polymerase beta | A class of mammalian DNA polymerases in the nucleus that do not have a role in replication but may function in DNA repair. Synonym: polymerase b. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| polymerase chain reaction | <molecular biology, technique> The first practical system for in vitro amplification of DNA and as such one of the most important recent developments in molecular biology. Two synthetic oligonucleotide primers, which are complementary to two regions of the target DNA (one for each strand) to be amplified, are added to the target DNA (that need not be pure), in the presence of excess deoxynucleotides and Taq polymerase, a heat stable DNA polymerase. In a series (typically 30) of temperature cycles, the target DNA is repeatedly denatured (around 90_C), annealed to the primers (typically at 50-60_C) and a daughter strand extended from the primers (72_C). As the daughter strands themselves act as templates for subsequent cycles, DNA fragments matching both primers are amplified exponentially, rather than linearly. The original DNA need thus be neither pure nor abundant and the polymerase chain reaction has accordingly become widely used not only in research, but in clinical diagnostics and forensic science. Acronym: PCR (14 Oct 1997) |
| polymerase, DNA | Enzyme that catalyses (speeds) the polymerization of DNA. DNA polymerase uses preexisting nucleic acid templates and assembles the DNA from deoxyribonucleotides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| polymerase g | A class of mammalian DNA polymerases in the mitochondria responsible for replication of the mitochondrial genome. Synonym: polymerase g. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polymerase gamma | A class of mammalian DNA polymerases in the mitochondria responsible for replication of the mitochondrial genome. Synonym: polymerase g. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poly polymerase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the addition of adenine residues to the 3' end of pre-messenger RNAs to form the poly(A) tail. (09 Oct 1997) |
| haem polymerase | <enzyme> Malarial enzyme forms haemozoin from haem derived from haemoglobin; no information on mechanism 2/92 Registry number: EC 2.- Synonym: haem polymerase (26 Jun 1999) |
| herpes simplex virus DNA polymerase | <enzyme> 3'-5'-exonuclease activity is associated with herpes simplex virus DNA polymerase; interacts with hsv-1 ul42 protein Registry number: EC 3.1.11.- Synonym: hsv DNA polymerase, polymerase associated exonuclease, herpes simplex virus 1 ul30 polymerase, hsv-1 ul30 protein, DNA polymerase ul30, hsv-1 (26 Jun 1999) |
| Pyrococcus sp GB-D DNA polymerase | <enzyme> Thermophilic enzyme from the archaeon pyrococcus; used in pcr site-directed mutagenesis Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- Synonym: gb-d polymerase (26 Jun 1999) |
| Pyrostase polymerase | <enzyme> A thermostable polymerase from thermus flavus; has 3' to 5' exonuclease activity Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| Deep Vent DNA polymerase | <enzyme> A thermostable DNA polymerase with putative proofreading activity Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| DNA-directed DNA polymerase | <enzyme> DNA-dependent DNA polymerases found in bacteria, animal and plant cells. During the replication process, these enzymes catalyze the addition of deoxyribonucleotide residues to the end of a DNA strand in the presence of DNA as template-primer. They also possess exonuclease activity and therefore function in DNA repair. Chemical name: Deoxynucleoside-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed) Registry number: EC 2.7.7.7 (12 Dec 1998) |
| DNA polymerase | <enzyme, molecular biology> Enzymes involved in template directed synthesis of DNA from deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates. I, II and III are known in E. Coli, III appears to be most important in genome replication and I is important for its ability to edit out unpaired bases at the end of growing strands. Animal cells have and polymerases, with apparently responsible for replication of nuclear DNA and for replication of mitochondrial. All these function with a DNA strand as template. Retroviruses possess a unique DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase) that uses an RNA template. (18 Nov 1997) |
| DNA polymerase beta | <enzyme> A DNA repair enzyme that catalyses DNA synthesis during base excision DNA repair. Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| DNA polymerase i | DNA Polymerase I is an enzyme that aids in DNA replication. It has the following 3 functions: 1. Polymerizes in the 5(r) to 3(r) direction on single-stranded template. 2. Degrades single or double-stranded DNA from a free 3(r)-OH end, and 3. Degrades double-stranded DNA from a free 5(r) end. (09 Oct 1997) |