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processivity

Pronunciation: /pɹɑsɛˈsɪvəti/

The English word “processivity” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A measure of the average number of nucleotides added by a DNA polymerase enzyme per association/disassociation with the template.

Etymology

From processive + -ity.

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