Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Synonyms
DNA Repetitious Region
DNA Repetitious Regions
DNA, Selfish
DNAs, Selfish
Direct Repeat
Direct Repeats
Gene, Selfish
Genes, Selfish
Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences
Repeat, Direct
Repeats, Direct
Repetitious Region, DNA
Repetitious Regions, DNA
Repetitive Region
Repetitive Regions
Repetitive Sequence
Repetitive Sequences
Selfish DNA
Selfish DNAs
Selfish Gene
Selfish Genes
Sequences of DNA or RNA that occur in multiple copies. There are several types: INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES are copies of transposable elements (DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS or RETROELEMENTS) dispersed throughout the genome. TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES flank both ends of another sequence, for example, the long terminal repeats (LTRs) on RETROVIRUSES. Variations may be direct repeats, those occurring in the same direction, or inverted repeats, those opposite to each other in direction. TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES are copies which lie adjacent to each other, direct or inverted (INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES).
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