《英文msh词典》Kinetoplast DNA
[同义词] Kinetoplast DNA
[主题词] DNA,Kinetoplast
[中文释义] 动体目DNA
[英文释义] 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.