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minicircles

minicircles is the plural of minicircle.

Meaning of minicircle

Noun

minicircle (plural minicircles)

  1. 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.

Questions about minicircles

What is minicircles the plural of?
Minicircles is the plural of minicircle.

Words near minicircles in the dictionary

  1. Minichiellos
  2. minichromosomal
  3. minichromosome
  4. minichromosomes
  5. minicircle
  6. minicircles
  7. minicircuitry
  8. minicircular
  9. minicistron
  10. minicistrons
  11. minicities

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