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... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Tandem Repeat Sequences > Inverted Repeat Sequences
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Tandem Repeat Sequences > Inverted Repeat Sequences
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Tandem Repeat Sequences > Inverted Repeat Sequences
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Inverted Repeat Sequences  

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  • Copies of nucleic acid sequence that are arranged in opposing orientation. They may lie adjacent to each other (tandem) or be separated by some sequence that is not part of the repeat (hyphenated). They may be true palindromic repeats, i.e. read the same backwards as forward, or complementary which reads as the base complement in the opposite orientation. Complementary inverted repeats have the potential to form hairpin loop or stem-loop structures which results in cruciform structures (such as CRUCIFORM DNA) when the complementary inverted repeats occur in double stranded regions.

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  • Inverted Repeat Sequence

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