See Also: Focal dystonia due to torticollis(health)
dystonia, focal, due to torticollis(medicine)
dystonia, focal, due to blepharospasm(medicine)
Focal dystonia due to blepharospasm(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
torticollis(dictionary)
Torticollis(medicine)
Torticollis(health)
congenital torticollis(medicine)
dermatogenic torticollis(medicine)

RNA replicase (medicine) and Focal dystonia due to torticollis (health)


RNA replicase (medicine)


RNA replicase
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time, and can initiate a chain de novo. (enzyme nomenclature, 1992, p293)

Chemical name: Nucleoside-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed)

Registry number: EC 2.7.7.48


Focal dystonia due to torticollis (health)


Spasm of the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head, causing the head to twist and turn to one side. In addition, the head may be pulled forward or backward. Torticollis is the most common form of focal dystonia.