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kinetoplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
A kinetoplastid.

Word forms

kinetoplast kinetoplasts

Etymology

From kineto- + -plast.

Related words

kinetoplastic multikinetoplast

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