replicase
noun
rep·li·case
ˈre-pli-ˌkās 
-ˌkāz
: a polymerase of viruses that promotes synthesis of a particular RNA in the presence of a template of RNA
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Protease inhibitors prevent the virus’ replication machinery from being unpacked and assembled, and replicase inhibitors jam the machinery so it cannot be used.
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replicase
noun
rep·li·case
ˈrep-li-ˌkās, -ˌkāz
: a polymerase that promotes synthesis of a particular RNA in the presence of a template of RNA
called also RNA replicase, RNA synthetase
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