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Unifying Repbase and Dfam: a new open foundation for transposable element research

  • Kenji K. Kojima1
  • Arian F. A. Smit2
  • Weidong Bao1
  • Oleksiy Kohany1
  • Noriko F. Kojima1
  • Timothy Jurka1
  • Robert Hubley2
  • Travis J. Wheeler3
  1. 1Genetic Information Research Institute, East Palo Alto, 94303, CA, USA
  2. 2Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, 98109, WA, USA
  3. 3College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85719, AZ, USA. [email protected]
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Abstract

Repbase and Dfam, the two foundational resources for transposable element annotation, are being unified into a single, fully open access framework, with Repbase released under CC-0 and its core curation team joining the Dfam project.

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@article{kojima2026unifying,
  title = {{Unifying Repbase and Dfam: a new open foundation for transposable element research}},
  author = {Kenji K. Kojima and Arian F. A. Smit and Weidong Bao and Oleksiy Kohany and Noriko F. Kojima and Timothy Jurka and Robert Hubley and Travis J. Wheeler},
  journal = {Mobile DNA},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.1186/s13100-026-00409-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-026-00409-9},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Unifying Repbase and Dfam: a new open foundation for transposable element research
AU  - Kenji K. Kojima
AU  - Arian F. A. Smit
AU  - Weidong Bao
AU  - Oleksiy Kohany
AU  - Noriko F. Kojima
AU  - Timothy Jurka
AU  - Robert Hubley
AU  - Travis J. Wheeler
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/24
JO  - Mobile DNA
DO  - 10.1186/s13100-026-00409-9
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-026-00409-9
AB  - Repbase and Dfam, the two foundational resources for transposable element annotation, are being unified into a single, fully open access framework, with Repbase released under CC-0 and its core curation team joining the Dfam project.
SN  - 1759-8753
ER  -