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US 2003/0152955 A1Published application
Method for identifying transposons from a nucleic acid database
OwnerThomas Bureauinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining if repetitive sequences from nucleic acid sequence databases are bona fide transposons.
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A method for determining a value indicative of a nucleic acid sequence being a transposon, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying a location in a nucleic acid database at which a potential transposon to be identified may be found;
- b) selecting at least one flanking region sequence of said potential transposon;
- c) searching said database for at least one match of said at least one flanking region sequence;
- d) comparing a target site nucleic acid sequence and both leading and trailing ones of said flanking region sequences between said potential transposon and said at least one match.
- e) determining said value as a result of step d).
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An apparatus for determining a value indicative of a nucleic acid sequence being a transposon comprising:
- means for identifying a location in a nucleic acid database at which a potential transposon to be identified may be found;
- means for selecting at least one flanking region sequence of said potential transposon;
- means for searching said database for at least one match of said at least one flanking region sequence;
- means for comparing a target site nucleic acid sequence and both leading and trailing ones to said flanking region sequences between said potential transposon and said at least one match;
- means for determining said value as a function of said comparing.
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