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。

参考资料

^ 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.
^ 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）.

外部链接

医学主题词表（MeSH）：Inverted+Repeat+Sequence

[Ussery2008-1] 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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