Definition of "kinetoplast" [kinetoplast]

• An independently replicating structure lying near the base of the flagellum in certain protozoans. (noun)

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• "Infections in humans occur where people live in close proximity to blood-sucking insect (Hemiptera; Triatominae) transmitters of An impressive feature of virulent T. cruzi is the high amount of extra-nuclear mitochondrial DNA known as the kinetoplast (kDNA), accounting for 15 to 30% of the total cellular DNA, with a massive number of minicircles in a catenated network"
• "Liu Y, Englund PT (2007) The rotational dynamics of kinetoplast DNA replication."
• "Degrave W, Fragoso SP, Britto C, van Heuverswyn H, Kidane GZ, et al. (1988) Peculiar sequence organization of kinetoplast DNA minicircles from"