%0 Journal Article
%T Inverted Repeats in Viral Genomes
%A M. Spano
%A F. Lillo
%A S. Micciche
%A R. N. Mantegna
%J Quantitative Biology
%D 2004
%I arXiv
%X We investigate 738 complete genomes of viruses to detect the presence of short inverted repeats. The number of inverted repeats found is compared with the prediction obtained for a Bernoullian and for a Markovian control model. We find as a statistical regularity that the number of observed inverted repeats is often greater than the one expected in terms of a Bernoullian or Markovian model in several of the viruses and in almost all those with a genome longer than 30,000 bp.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0410006v1