NTRFinder: a software tool to find nested tandem repeats

We introduce the software tool NTRFinder to search for a complex repetitive structure in DNA we call a nested tandem repeat (NTR). An NTR is a recurrence of two or more distinct tandem motifs interspersed with each other. We propose that NTRs can be used as phylogenetic and population markers. We ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Matroud, Atheer A., Hendy, M. D., Tuffley, C. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
Materias:
Methods Online
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr1070
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Sumario:We introduce the software tool NTRFinder to search for a complex repetitive structure in DNA we call a nested tandem repeat (NTR). An NTR is a recurrence of two or more distinct tandem motifs interspersed with each other. We propose that NTRs can be used as phylogenetic and population markers. We have tested our algorithm on both real and simulated data, and present some real NTRs of interest. NTRFinder can be downloaded from http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/~aamatroud/.

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