In silico reversal of repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) identifies the origins of repeat families and uncovers obscured duplicated genes.

Background: Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) is a fungal genome defence mechanism guarding against transposon invasion. RIP mutates the sequence of repeated DNA and over time renders the affected regions unrecognisable by similarity search tools such as BLAST. Results: DeRIP is a new software too...

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Main Authors: Hane, J., Oliver, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28231