What does "maxicircle" mean?

One of the forms of circular DNA in a kinetoplast (the other being minicircles). They encode the typical protein products needed for the mitochondria.

Maxicircle

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Noun

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One of the forms of circular DNA in a kinetoplast (the other being minicircles). They encode the typical protein products needed for the mitochondria.

Etymology

From maxi- + circle.

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