Intervening Sequences Exhibit Distinct Vocabulary
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
- Vol. 4 (3) , 391-400
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.1986.10506357
Abstract
Little is known about the origin and function of eukaryotic introns. Application of a novel linguistic approach to the analysis of intervening sequences reveals, however, that they exhibit a specific non-random vocabulary whose major feature is the utilization of mirror- symmetrical words (“mirrorrim”). Introns also manifest a significant tendency to avoid local complementarities. Possible biological implications of the corresponding loop regions in the RNA. transcripts are discussed.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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