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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. molecular genetics
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. circular DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. circular DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. circular DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA
  1. Fields of Study
  2. molecular genetics
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. mitochondrial DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. mitochondrial DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  3. nucleic acids
  4. DNA
  5. mitochondrial DNA
  6. kinetoplast DNA

Preferred term

kinetoplast DNA

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • kDNA
  • kDNA maxicircles
  • kDNA minicircles
  • kinetoplast DNA maxicircles
  • kinetoplast DNA minicircles

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/221906

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