# Reversible DNA codes over F_{16}+uF_{16}+vF_{16}+uvF_{16}

## TL;DR

This paper investigates reversible DNA codes over a specific ring structure, proposing a noncommutative cyclic code approach that effectively addresses the reversibility problem in DNA code design.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel framework for constructing reversible DNA codes using skew cyclic codes over the ring R_{16}, providing a practical solution to the reversibility challenge.

## Key findings

- Skew cyclic codes over R_{16} facilitate reversible DNA code construction.
- Noncommutative multiplication helps solve the reversibility problem.
- The approach offers a new method for DNA code design with specific algebraic properties.

## Abstract

In this paper we study the structure of specific linear codes called DNA codes. The first attempts on studying such codes have been proposed over four element rings which are naturally matched with DNA four letters. Later, double (pair) DNA strings or in general $k$-DNA strings called $k$-mers have been matched with some special rings and codes over such rings with specific properties are studied. However, these matchings in general are not straightforward and because of the fact that the reverse of the codewords ($k$-mers) need to exist in the code, the matching problem is difficult and it is referred to as the reversibility problem. Here, 8-mers (DNA 8-bases) are matched with the ring elements of $R_{16}=F_{16}+uF_{16}+vF_{16}+uvF_{16}.$ Furthermore, cyclic codes over the ring $R_{16}$ where the multiplication is taken to be noncommutative with respect to the automorphism $\theta$ are studied. The preference on the skewness is shown to be very useful and practical especially since this serves as a direct solution to the reversibility problem.