relaxed circular deoxyribonucleic acid


relaxed circular deoxyribonucleic acid

[ri′lakst ′sər·kyə·lər dē¦äk·sē‚rī·bō·nü′klē·ik ′as·əd] (cell and molecular biology) A form of circular deoxyribonucleic acid in which the circle of one strand is broken. Also known as open-circle deoxyribonucleic acid.