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A tool for discovery and genotyping of transposable element variants (TEVs) (also known as mobile element insertions) from next-generation sequencing reads aligned to a reference genome in BAM format. The goal is to call TEVs that are not present in the reference genome but present in the sample that has been sequenced. It should be noted that RetroSeq can be used to locate any class of viral insertion in any species where whole-genome sequencing data with a suitable reference genome is available.

Software type:
Package
Interface:
Command line interface
Restrictions to use:
None
Output data:
Transposable element calls
Output format:
VCF
Operating system:
Unix/Linux
Computer skills:
Advanced
Stability:
Stable
Requirements:
RetroSeq makes use of the bedtools package, samtools, Exonerate, and various common unix tools such as sort and grep.
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RetroSeq is user friendly and fairly fast. In my experience, it mapped mobile element insertions (MEI)…

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Maintainer

  • Thomas M. Keane <tk2 at sanger.ac.uk>

Institution(s)

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

Funding source(s)

This work was supported by the Medical Research Council, UK and the Wellcome Trust.

  • (Keane et al., 2013) RetroSeq: transposable element discovery from next-generation sequencing data. Bioinformatics.
    PMID: 23233656

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