In the study of DNA sequences, one can distinguish two main types of repeated sequence:
The majority of LINEs are LINE-1 and the majority of SINEs are Alu's.
In prokaryotes, CRISPR are arrays of alternating repeats and spacers.
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Other types of repeats
Note: The following are covered in detail in "Computing for Comparative Microbial Genomics"[1].
- direct repeats
- global direct repeat
- local direct simple repeats
- local direct repeats
- local direct repeats with spacer
- inverted repeats
- global inverted repeat
- local inverted repeat
- inverted repeat with spacer
- palindromic repeat
- mirror and everted repeats
See also
References
- ^ Ussery, David W.; Wassenaar, Trudy; Borini, Stefano (2008-12-22). "Word Frequencies, Repeats, and Repeat-related Structures in Bacterial Genomes". Computing for Comparative Microbial Genomics: Bioinformatics for Microbiologists. Computational Biology. 8 (1 ed.). Springer. p. 133–144. ISBN 978-1-84800-254-8.
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