noun
reverse transcription
Technical term in molecular biology for the synthesis of DNA from an RNA template, catalyzed by reverse transcriptase.
逆転写酵素はRNAを鋳型にしてDNAを合成する。
Reverse transcriptase synthesizes DNA using RNA as a template.
レトロウイルスの増殖には逆転写の過程が必要である。
The replication of retroviruses requires the process of reverse transcription.
逆転写酵素 (reverse transcriptase) is the enzyme that catalyzes reverse transcription.
Compound of 逆 (reverse) + 転写 (transcription), a calque of English 'reverse transcription'.