replicative

Adjective

Meaning

replicative (comparative more replicative, superlative most replicative)

Of, pertaining to, or causing replication

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Examples

It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.' Jerry Saltz

In some cases, a replicative transposition is observed in which a transposon replicates itself to a new target site (e.g. helitron (biology) ). Source: Internet

One of these includes RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNA replicase), which copies the viral RNA to form a double-stranded replicative form. Source: Internet

RNase removes the primer RNA fragments, and a low processivity DNA polymerase distinct from the replicative polymerase enters to fill the gaps. Source: Internet

Merely exploiting the replicative abilities of existing cells is insufficient, because of limitations in the process of protein biosynthesis (also see the listing for RNA ). Source: Internet

Molecular biology All viruses in this group require formation of a replicative form—a double stranded DNA intermediate—for genome replication. Source: Internet

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