MaskerAid : a performance enhancement to RepeatMasker (original) (raw)

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Abstract

Summary: Identifying and masking repetitive elements is usually the first step when analyzing vertebrate genomic sequence. Current repeat identification software is sensitive but slow, creating a costly bottleneck in large-scale analyses. We have developed MaskerAid , a software enhancement to RepeatMasker that increased the speed of masking more than 30-fold at the most sensitive setting.

Availability: On request from the authors (see http://sapiens.wustl.edu/MaskerAid).

Contact: maskeraid@watson.wustl.edu

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Current address: Incyte Genomics, 4633 World Parkway Cir., St. Louis, MO 63134 USA, jbedell@incyte.com

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