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Hairpin (genetics)
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In genetics, a hairpin is a part of single-stranded DNA, usually a palindromic sequence, that aligns with itself to form a needle-like structure. A single-stranded DNA like
---CCTGCXXXXXXXGCAGG---
becomes
---C G---
C G
T A
G C
C G
X X
X X
X X
X
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