HTT-DB: horizontally transferred transposable elements database.
BACKGROUND
Horizontal transfer of transposable (HTT) elements among eukaryotes was discovered in the mid-1980s. As then, >300 new cases have been described. New findings about HTT are revealing the evolutionary impact of this phenomenon on host genomes. In order to provide an up to date, interactive and expandable database for such events, we developed the HTT-DB database.


RESULTS
HTT-DB allows easy access to most of HTT cases reported along with rich information about each case. Moreover, it allows the user to generate tables and graphs based on searches using Transposable elements and/or host species classification and export them in several formats.


METHODS
This database is freely available on the web at http://lpa.saogabriel.unipampa.edu.br:8080/httdatabase. HTT-DB was developed based on Java and MySQL with all major browsers supported. Tools and software packages used are free for personal or non-profit projects.


BACKGROUND
bdotto82@gmail.com or gabriel.wallau@gmail.com.
Campus São Gabriel, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel.
Bruno Reis
BR
Dotto
Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel and.
Evelise Leis
EL
Carvalho
Campus São Gabriel, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel.
Alexandre Freitas
AF
Silva
Campus São Gabriel, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel.
Luiz Fernando
LF
Duarte Silva
Campus São Gabriel, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel and.
Paulo Marcos
PM
Pinto
Pós Graduação em Genetica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Mauro Freitas
MF
Ortiz
Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel and.
Gabriel Luz
GL
Wallau
D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements