PALINDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palindrome mean? 

• PALINDROME (noun)
  The noun PALINDROME has 1 sense:

1. a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

  Familiarity information: PALINDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALINDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("palindrome" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

 Context examples 

A family of proteins that contain 1 DWA/MH1 domain and bind 5'-TTGGCNNNNNGCCAA-3' DNA palindromes in viral and cellular promoters as homodimeric factors capable of activating transcription and replication.

(Nuclear Factor-I, NCI Thesaurus)

Widely expressed human NF-I Genes (CTF/NF-I Family) encode NF-I Proteins that contain a DWA/MH1 domain and bind TTGGCNNNNNGCCAA DNA palindromes in viral and cellular promoters as a homodimeric factor capable of activating transcription and replication.

(NFIC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Ubiquitously or widely expressed human CREB Family Genes (bZIP/CREB Family) encode conserved cAMP Responsive Element Binding Proteins, nuclear bZIP domain dimeric transcription factors that bind to octameric DNA palindrome cAMP-response elements (CRE) present in many viral and cellular promoters and induce gene transcription in response to cAMP signaling pathways.

(CREB Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Ubiquitously or widely expressed human cAMP Responsive Element Binding Proteins (bZIP/CREB Family) are conserved nuclear bZIP domain dimeric transcription factors that bind to octameric DNA palindrome cAMP-response elements (CRE) present in many viral and cellular promoters and induce gene transcription in response to cAMP signaling pathways.

(cAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)