Kinetoplast DNA network: Evolution of an improbable structure

Abstract

Kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) is the most structurally komplex mitochondrial DNA in nature. Unique to the single mitochondrion of unicellular flagellates of the order Kinetoplastida, kDNA is best known as a giant network of thousands of catenated circular DNAs

Keywords

• kDNA
• trypanosoma
• structure