Palindromic sequence

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Food Biotechnology

A DNA locus whose 5'-to-3' sequence is identical on each DNA strand. The sequence is the same when one strand is read left to right and the other strand is read right to left. Recognition sites of many restriction enzymes are palindromic. See DNA.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary