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. 1976 Jan;82(1):139–140. doi: 10.1093/genetics/82.1.139

On Inverted Repeat Sequences in Chromosomal DNA

Bruce Wallace 1, Thomas L Kass 1
PMCID: PMC1213438  PMID: 1248734

Abstract

It is suggested that chromosomal DNA should contain a class of palindromic reverse repeats, comparable in number to that of genes themselves, which are formed as follows: (1) a transcription-termination signal that follows the gene plus (on the complementary strand and located as near to the "anti-gene" as possible); (2) a second termination signal which actively prevents the accidental transcription of the anti-gene. Thus, the adjacent termination-anti-termination region of one strand would complement the anti-termination-termination region of the other.

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