EEfinder, a general purpose tool for identification of bacterial and viral endogenized elements in eukaryotic genomes.

ABSTRACT: Horizontal gene transfer is a phenomenon of genetic material transmission between species with no parental relationship. It has been characterized among several major branches of life, including among prokaryotes, viruses and eukaryotes. The characterization of endogenous elements derived from viruses or bacteria provides a snapshot of past host-pathogen interactions and coevolution as well as reference information to remove false positive results from metagenomic studies. Currently there is a lack of general purpose standardized tools for endogenous elements screening which limits reproducibility and hinder comparative analysis between studies. Here we describe EEfinder, a new general purpose tool for identification and classification of endogenous elements derived from viruses or bacteri

SUBMITTER: Dias YJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11532726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature