Open AccessMASiVE: Mapping and Analysis of SireVirus Elements in plant genome sequences
Author(s) -
Nikos Darzentas,
Alexandros Bousios,
V. Apostolidou,
Athanasios Tsaftaris
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq454
Subject(s) - perl , retrotransposon , toolbox , computer science , annotation , genome , source code , computational biology , data mining , biology , world wide web , genetics , programming language , artificial intelligence , transposable element , gene
We present MASiVE, an expertly built tool for the large-scale, yet sensitive and highly accurate, discovery, preliminary analysis and insertion age estimation of intact Sirevirus LTR-retrotransposons in plant genomic sequences. Validation was based on the recently available and annotated large maize chromosome one. Results show a considerable improvement in the annotation of Sireviruses, and support our approach as an important addition to the bioinformatics toolbox of plant biologists.
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