MaskerAid : a performance enhancement to RepeatMasker

UNLABELLED Identifying and masking repetitive elements is usually the first step when analyzing vertebrate genomic sequence. Current repeat identification software is sensitive but slow, creating a costly bottleneck in large-scale analyses. We have developed MaskerAid, a software enhancement to RepeatMasker that increased the speed of masking more than 30-fold at the most sensitive setting. AVAILABILITY On request from the authors (see http://sapiens.wustl.edu/MaskerAid). CONTACT maskeraid@watson.wustl.edu

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