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MeSH Heading: DNA, Kinetoplast
Tree Number(s): D13.444.308.283.225.200; D13.444.308.442.200
Unique ID: D018105
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018105
Annotation: protozoan DNA; from Kinetoplastida, an order of flagellate protozoa; coord IM with specific protozoon (IM); /‌drug eff /‌ultrastruct permitted
Scope Note: DNA of kinetoplasts which are specialized MITOCHONDRIA of trypanosomes and related parasitic protozoa within the order KINETOPLASTIDA. Kinetoplast DNA consists of a complex network of numerous catenated rings of two classes; the first being a large number of small DNA duplex rings, called minicircles, approximately 2000 base pairs in length, and the second being several dozen much larger rings, called maxicircles, approximately 37 kb in length.
Entry Term(s): Kinetoplast DNA; Kinetoplast DNA Maxicircles; Kinetoplast DNA Minicircles; kDNA; kDNA Maxicircles; kDNA Minicircles
Previous Indexing: DNA (1969-1973); DNA, Circular (1973-1993); DNA, Protozoan (1991-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94; KINETOPLAST DNA was indexed under DNA, CIRCULAR 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MAXICIRCLES was indexed under DNA, CIRCULAR 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MINICIRCLES was indexed under DNA, CIRCULAR 1980-93
Online Note: use DNA, KINETOPLAST (NM) to search KINETOPLAST DNA & KINETOPLAST DNA MAXICIRCLES 1987-93 & KINETOPLAST DNA MINICIRCLES 1980-93
History Note: 94; was KINETOPLAST DNA (NM) 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MAXICIRCLES was NM 1987-93; KINETOPLAST DNA MINICIRCLES was NM 1980-93
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/03
Revision Date: 2000/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
- Nucleic Acids [D13.444]
  - DNA [D13.444.308]
    - DNA, Circular [D13.444.308.283]
      - DNA, Mitochondrial [D13.444.308.283.225]
        
        DNA, Kinetoplast [D13.444.308.283.225.200]

Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
- Nucleic Acids [D13.444]
  - DNA [D13.444.308]
    - DNA, Protozoan [D13.444.308.442]
      - DNA, Kinetoplast [D13.444.308.442.200]

DNA, Kinetoplast Preferred

Concept UI: M0027301
Scope Note: DNA of kinetoplasts which are specialized MITOCHONDRIA of trypanosomes and related parasitic protozoa within the order KINETOPLASTIDA. Kinetoplast DNA consists of a complex network of numerous catenated rings of two classes; the first being a large number of small DNA duplex rings, called minicircles, approximately 2000 base pairs in length, and the second being several dozen much larger rings, called maxicircles, approximately 37 kb in length.
Terms: DNA, Kinetoplast Preferred Term
Term UI T054172
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); kDNA
Term UI T054173
Date02/05/1993
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Kinetoplast DNA
Term UI T054171
Date02/08/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Kinetoplast DNA Maxicircles Narrower

Kinetoplast DNA Minicircles Narrower

DNA, Kinetoplast MeSH Descriptor Data 2025