Palindromes are sequences which read the same forwards and backwards.
- If the sequence is composed of letters, the simplest example is "MOM". Others are:
- DUD DUDE
- TACO CAT
- ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA (attributed to Napolean)
- If the sequence is composed of DNA nucleotides:
5' ---> 3'
GAATTC EcoRI
CTTAAG
3' <--- 5'5' ---> 3'
CTGCAG PstI
GACGTC
3' <--- 5'