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Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Tree Number(s)
G02.111.570.080.708
G05.360.080.708
Unique ID
D012091
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012091
Annotation
coordinate with DNA, RNA, or specifics
Scope Note
Sequences of DNA or RNA that occur in multiple copies. There are several types: INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES are copies of transposable elements (DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS or RETROELEMENTS) dispersed throughout the genome. TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES flank both ends of another sequence, for example, the long terminal repeats (LTRs) on RETROVIRUSES. Variations may be direct repeats, those occurring in the same direction, or inverted repeats, those opposite to each other in direction. TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES are copies which lie adjacent to each other, direct or inverted (INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES).
Entry Version
REPET SEQ NA
Entry Term(s)
DNA Repetitious Region
DNA, Selfish
Direct Repeat
Genes, Selfish
Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences
Repetitious Region, DNA
Repetitive Region
Repetitive Sequence
Selfish DNA
Selfish Genes
Previous Indexing
Base Sequence (1971-1980)
DNA (1968-1980)
See Also
Multigene Family
Public MeSH Note
81
History Note
81
Date Established
1981/01/01
Date of Entry
1980/04/02
Revision Date
2008/07/08
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Preferred
Selfish DNA Narrower
Direct Repeat Narrower
DNA Repetitious Region Narrower
Repetitive Region Broader
Selfish Genes Related
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