Animation Showing Transition of Linear DNA to Cruciform State (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Animation Showing Transition of Linear DNA to Cruciform State

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The nucleotide sequence (red, left) of A-A-C-A-T-G-T is followed by the gap sequence (black) C-C-C-A and the inverted repeat A-C-A-T-G-T-T (red, right). Scientists call the inverted sequence palindromic, in that it reads the same way from 5' to 3' (A-A-C-A-T-G-T on top strand, red) or 5' to 3' on the complimentary strand (A-A-C-A-T-G-T on bottom strand, green).

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Karen Vasquez, The University of Texas at Austin

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