English Explanatory Dictionary

minichromosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A structure, resembling chromatin, formed from the DNA of a virus and histones from the host.

Word forms

minichromosome minichromosomes

Etymology

From mini- + chromosome.

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