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minichromosome

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minichromosome [‚min·ē′krō·mə‚sōm]
(cell and molecular biology)
A eukaryotic chromosome reduced in size by deletion of a segment of deoxyribonucleic acid.
(virology)
Viral deoxyribonucleic acid combined with histone to form a chromatin-like structure.


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Furthermore, each minichromosome gets copied into about a thousand replicas.
Four nucleosomes crowd together and are surrounded by the other 22, making a compactly folded, circular minichromosome, says Caspar.
 
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