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Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > DNA, Protozoan > DNA, Kinetoplast
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > DNA, Circular > DNA, Mitochondrial > DNA, Kinetoplast
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Nucleic Acid Conformation > DNA, Circular > DNA, Mitochondrial > DNA, Kinetoplast
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Nucleic Acid Conformation > DNA, Circular > DNA, Mitochondrial > DNA, Kinetoplast

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DNA, Kinetoplast  

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  • kDNA
  • Kinetoplast DNA

Note

  • protozoan DNA; from Kinetoplastida, an order of flagellate protozoa; coord IM with specific protozoon (IM); /drug eff /ultrastruct permitted

Scope note

  • DNA of kinetoplasts which are specialized MITOCHONDRIA of trypanosomes and related parasitic protozoa within the order KINETOPLASTIDA. Kinetoplast DNA consists of a complex network of numerous catenated rings of two classes; the first being a large number of small DNA duplex rings, called minicircles, approximately 2000 base pairs in length, and the second being several dozen much larger rings, called maxicircles, approximately 37 kb in length.

History note

  • 94; was KINETOPLAST DNA (NM) 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MAXICIRCLES was NM 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MINICIRCLES was NM 1980-93

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