maxicircle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the forms of circular DNA in a kinetoplast (the other being minicircles). They encode the typical protein products needed for the mitochondria.

Word forms

maxicircle maxicircles

Etymology

From maxi- + circle.

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