2026/01/06 by Tobias Baril, Daniel Croll · 1 voice · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #Consensus sequence #Element (criminal law) #Frame (networking) #Genome #Genome Rearrangement Algorithms #Genomics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Metadata #Set (abstract data type) #Transposable element
paper · doi:10.1093/nargab/lqag026
published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics 8(1), lqag026 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2026/01/06 · openalex created_date 2026/03/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/12
Transposable elements (TEs) are found in nearly all eukaryotic genomes. Despite significant advances in the sequencing of genomes, TE resources remain sparse, leading to a lack of traceability, reproducibility, and duplication of effort when annotating TEs. Here, we focus on the fungal kingdom and present MycoMobilome, a database of TE consensus sequences computationally curated using a set of 4309 genomes covering all major clades. The initial database contains 586 441 consensus sequences after filtering to remove putative host genes and low-quality consensus sequences. We provide a consistent naming convention to surface information on the confidence in the classification, including potential conflicting open reading frame functions, along with metadata to enable evaluation of TEs of interest and to determine whether further curation work is required on a case-by-case basis. Finally, we provide guidelines for community contributions and encourage researchers to deposit new or curated sequences, which will be incorporated into future MycoMobilome releases.