1. dna, kinetoplast DNA of kinetoplasts which are specialized MITOCHONDRIA of trypanosomes and related parasitic protozoa within the order KINETOPLASTIDA. Kinetoplast DNA consists of a complexnetwork of numerous catenated rings of two classes; the firstbeing a largenumber of small DNA duplex rings, called minicircles, approximately 2000 base pairs in length, and the secondbeing several dozenmuch larger rings, called maxicircles, approximately 37 kb in length.
Definitions of dna, kinetoplast
