Reversible and Reversible-Complement Double Cyclic Codes over F4+vF4 and its Application to DNA Codes

In this article, we study the algebraic structure of double cyclic codes of length $(m, n)$ over $\mathbb{F}_4$ and we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a double cyclic code over $\mathbb{F}_4$ to be reversible. Also, we determine the algebraic structure of double cyclic codes of length $(m, n)$ over $\mathbb{F}_4+v\mathbb{F}_4$ with $v^2=v$, satisfying the reverse constraint and the reverse-complement constraint. Then we establish a one-to-one correspondence $\psi$ between the 16 DNA double pairs $S_{D_{16}}$ and the 16 elements of the finite ring $\mathbb{F}_4+v\mathbb{F}_4$. We also discuss the GC-content of DNA double cyclic codes.