rna polymerase definition biology
RNA polymerase. Rna polymerase (RNAP or RNApol) is an enzyme that is responsible for making rna from a dna template. In all cells RNAP is needed for constructing rna chains from a dna template, a process termed transcription.na polymerase enzymes are essential and are found in all organisms, cells, and many viruses. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 22 February 2007, at 08:06.This page has been accessed 80,287 times.