The ubiquitous potential Z-forming sequence of eucaryotes, (dT-dG)n . (dC-dA)n, is not detectable in the genomes of eubacteria, archaebacteria, or mitochondria.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on August 01, 1986

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D S Gross, W T Garrard

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