title: On inverted repeat sequences in chromosomal DNA.
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.
mesh_terms: D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002875:Chromosomes; D004261:DNA Replication; D008954:Models, Biological; D010443:Peptide Chain Termination, Translational