Sequences of DNA that are identical when read from the 5' to 3' direction on one strand and the 3' to 5' direction on the other strand are

A. restriction endonucleases.
B. DNA polymerases.
C. ligases.
D. reverse transcriptases.
E. palindromes.


Answer: E

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