maturase
/ˈmatʃʊreɪz/ /ˈmatjʊreɪz/Genetics
noun
Any of a class of enzymes encoded by open reading frames within introns, which are involved (along with endonucleases and reverse transcriptases) in excising introns from messenger RNA.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From French maturase from mature + -ase.
- out of the handicap
- out of the ordinary
- out of the (or one's) road
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the way
- out-of-the-wayness
- out of (the) whole cloth
- out of the wood (or woods)
- out of this world
- out of time
- out of touch
- out-of-town
- out-of-towner
- out of true (or the true)
- out of truth
- out of turn
- out of whack
- out of work
- out on a limb
- out (or down) for the count
- out-over
- outpace
- out-paint
- outparcel