title: Repbase Update, a database of repetitive elements in eukaryotic genomes.
abstract: Repbase Update (RU) is a database of representative repeat sequences in eukaryotic genomes. Since its first development as a database of human repetitive sequences in 1992, RU has been serving as a well-curated reference database fundamental for almost all eukaryotic genome sequence analyses. Here, we introduce recent updates of RU, focusing on technical issues concerning the submission and updating of Repbase entries and will give short examples of using RU data. RU sincerely invites a broader submission of repeat sequences from the research community.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Information Research Institute, 5150 El Camino Real, Ste B-30, Los Altos, CA 94022 USA.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Genetic Information Research Institute, 5150 El Camino Real, Ste B-30, Los Altos, CA 94022 USA ; Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan ; Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639 Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.affiliation: Genetic Information Research Institute, 5150 El Camino Real, Ste B-30, Los Altos, CA 94022 USA.
authors.forename: Oleksiy
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kohany
keywords: Database; Repbase Reports; Repbase Update; RepbaseSubmitter; Transposable element