"minicircle" meaning in All languages combined

See minicircle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: minicircles [plural]
Etymology: mini- + circle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mini|circle}} mini- + circle Head templates: {{en-noun}} minicircle (plural minicircles)
  1. (genetics) 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. Categories (topical): Genetics

Inflected forms

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