kinetoplast

English

Etymology

kineto- +‎ -plast

Noun

kinetoplast (plural kinetoplasts)

(microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
A kinetoplastid.

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