DARTS: An Algorithm for Domain-Associated Retrotransposon Search in Genome Assemblies.

ABSTRACT: Retrotransposons comprise a substantial fraction of eukaryotic genomes, reaching the highest proportions in plants. Therefore, identification and annotation of retrotransposons is an important task in studying the regulation and evolution of plant genomes. The majority of computational tools for mining transposable elements (TEs) are designed for subsequent genome repeat masking, often leaving aside the element lineage classification and its protein domain composition. Additionally, studies focused on the diversity and evolution of a particular group of retrotransposons often require substantial customization efforts from researchers to adapt existing software to their needs. Here, we developed a computational pipeline to mine sequences of protein-coding retrotransposons based on the seque

SUBMITTER: Biryukov M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8775202 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature