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.

Descriptor ID	D055029
MeSH Number(s)	G02.111.570.080.708.800.325 G05.360.080.708.800.325
Concept/Terms	Inverted Repeat Sequences Inverted Repeat Sequences Repeat Sequence, Inverted Repeat Sequences, Inverted Sequence, Inverted Repeat Sequences, Inverted Repeat Inverted Repeat Sequence Inverted Tandem Repeats Inverted Tandem Repeats Inverted Tandem Repeat Repeat, Inverted Tandem Repeats, Inverted Tandem Tandem Repeat, Inverted Tandem Repeats, Inverted Stem-Loop Sequence Stem-Loop Sequence Sequence, Stem-Loop Sequences, Stem-Loop Stem Loop Sequence Stem-Loop Sequences Hairpin Loop Sequence Hairpin Loop Sequence Hairpin Loop Sequences Sequence, Hairpin Loop Sequences, Hairpin Loop Palindromic Repeat Sequences Palindromic Repeat Sequences Palindromic Repeat Sequence Repeat Sequence, Palindromic Repeat Sequences, Palindromic Sequence, Palindromic Repeat Sequences, Palindromic Repeat Sequence Palindromes Palindrome, Sequence Palindromes, Sequence Sequence Palindrome

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