minicircle
Meanings
noun
- One of the forms of circular DNA in a kinetoplast (the other being maxicircles). They produce gRNA (guide RNA) to decode the encrypted information in the maxicircles, typically through the insertion or deletion of uridine residues.
Word forms
Etymology
From mini- + circle.
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