<it>LTRsift</it>: a graphical user interface for semi-automatic classification and postprocessing of <it>de novo</it> detected LTR retrotransposons

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are a class of eukaryotic mobile elements characterized by a distinctive sequence similarity-based structure. Hence they are well suited for computational identification. Current software a...

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Main Authors: Steinbiss Sascha, Kastens Sascha, Kurtz Stefan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:Mobile DNA
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Online Access:http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/3/1/18