Iteron

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Iterons are directly repeated sequences which play an important role in regulation of plasmid copy number in bacterial cells. It is one among the three negative regulatory elements found in plasmids which control its copy number, the others being antisense RNA's and ctRNA's. Iterons complex with cognate replication(Rep)initiator proteins to achieve the required regulatory effect.