==Overview== A minichromosome is a small chromatin-like structure consisting of centromeres, telomeres and replication origins and little additional genetic material. They replicate autonomously in the cell during cellular division. The origin of minichromosomes is the result of natural processes (chromosomal aberrations) or genetic engineering. =...
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1. <cell biology> Certain viruses complex with the histones of the host eukaryote cells they have infected to form a chromatin structure resembling a small chromosome. ... 2. <molecular biology> A plasmid that contains a chromosomal origin of replication. ... Origin: Gr. Soma = body ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(1) Certain viruses complex with the histones of the host eukaryote cells they have infected to form a chromatin structure resembling a small chromosome. (2) A plasmid that contains a chromosomal origin of replication.
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