Genetics glossary
What is palindrome?
palindrome — A sequence of letters, words, phrases, or nucleotides that reads the same regardless of direction, for instance what Adam said to Eve "Madam I'm Adam". The DNA sequence of type II restriction endonuclease recognition sites (eg EcoRI 5'GAATTC3') and the binding sites of many other DNA binding proteins (eg. catabolite activator protein (CAP) binding site 5'GTGAGTTAGCTCAC3') are not true…
A sequence of letters, words, phrases, or nucleotides that reads the same regardless of direction, for instance what Adam said to Eve "Madam I'm Adam". The DNA sequence of type II restriction endonuclease recognition sites (eg EcoRI 5'GAATTC3') and the binding sites of many other DNA binding proteins (eg. catabolite activator protein (CAP) binding site 5'GTGAGTTAGCTCAC3') are not true palindromes but in double stranded form are similar and have two-fold rotational symetry.