URL: | https://www.girinst.org/repbase |
Full name: | A database of eukaryotic repetitive elements. |
Description: | Repbase Update is a comprehensive database of repetitive elements from diverse eukaryotic organisms. Currently, it contains over 3600 annotated sequences representing different families and subfamilies of repeats, many of which are unreported anywhere else. |
Year founded: | 2005 |
Last update: | 2018-12-24 |
Version: | 23 |
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Country/Region: | United States |
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University/Institution: | Genetic Information Research Institute |
Address: | Genetic Information Research Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. |
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Country/Region: | United States |
Contact name (PI/Team): | Jurka J. |
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | jurka@girinst.org |
VisualRepbase: an interface for the study of occurrences of transposable element families. [PMID: 18710569]
BACKGROUND: Repbase is a reference database of eukaryotic repetitive DNA, which includes prototypic sequences of repeats and basic information described in annotations. Repbase already has software for entering new sequence families and for comparing the user's sequence with the database of consensus sequences. |
Repbase Update, a database of eukaryotic repetitive elements. [PMID: 16093699]
Repbase Update is a comprehensive database of repetitive elements from diverse eukaryotic organisms. Currently, it contains over 3600 annotated sequences representing different families and subfamilies of repeats, many of which are unreported anywhere else. Each sequence is accompanied by a short description and references to the original contributors. Repbase Update includes Repbase Reports, an electronic journal publishing newly discovered transposable elements, and the Transposon Pub, a web-based browser of selected chromosomal maps of transposable elements. Sequences from Repbase Update are used to screen and annotate repetitive elements using programs such as Censor and RepeatMasker. Repbase Update is available on the worldwide web at http://www.girinst.org/Repbase_Update.html. |