Preferred Label : dna, kinetoplast;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : kinetoplast dna; kdna;
MeSH hyponym : kinetoplast DNA minicircles; kinetoplast DNA maxicircles; DNA Minicircles, Kinetoplast; Minicircles, Kinetoplast DNA; kDNA Minicircles; Minicircles, kDNA; DNA Maxicircles, Kinetoplast; Maxicircles, Kinetoplast DNA; kDNA Maxicircles; Maxicircles, kDNA;
MeSH annotation : protozoan DNA; from Kinetoplastida, an order of flagellate protozoa; coord IM with
specific protozoon (IM); /drug eff /ultrastruct permitted;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D018105;
UMLS CUI : C0064360;
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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.