Repbase Update, a database of repetitive elements in eukaryotic genomes

Weidong Bao1, Kenji K Kojima2, Oleksiy Kohany1

  • 1Genetic Information Research Institute, 5150 El Camino Real, Ste B-30, Los Altos, CA 94022 USA.

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|June 6, 2015
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