反向重复序列

反向重复序列(英文:Inverted repeat)是单链的核苷酸序列,其上游与下游的核苷酸是反向互补的序列。[1]起始序列和反向互补序列之间的核苷酸插入序列可以是任何长度,包括零。例如,5'---TTACGnnnnnnCGTAA---3' 是反向重复序列。而当插入序列长度为零时,该复合序列为回文序列[2]

反向重复和定向重复序列均构成重复出现的核苷酸序列的类型。

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  1. ^ Ussery, David W.; Wassenaar, Trudy; Borini, Stefano. Word Frequencies, Repeats, and Repeat-related Structures in Bacterial Genomes. Computing for Comparative Microbial Genomics: Bioinformatics for Microbiologists. Computational Biology 8 1. Springer. 2008-12-22: 133–144. ISBN 978-1-84800-254-8. 
  2. ^ Ye, C; Ji, G; Li, L; Liang, C. detectIR: a novel program for detecting perfect and imperfect inverted repeats using complex numbers and vector calculation.. PloS one. 2014, 9 (11): e113349. PMID 25409465. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113349 (英语). 

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