minicircle

noun

minicircle

noun

Etymology From mini- + circle.

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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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.

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