Short interspersed elements (SINEs) are repetitive DNA sequences invading the genomes of eukaryotes. They can amount to more than 10% of the genome in some species but are missing from other ones. While these genomic parasites can be deleterious to the cell, the long-term being in the genome has made SINEs a valuable factor of genetic variation providing regulatory elements for gene expression, alternative splice sites, polyadenylation signals, and even functional RNA genes.

SINEBase is a database of SINEs and a toolset for their identification and analysis. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

The Help section will introduce you into the concepts of SINEs and how to use SINEBase.

If this resourse was helpful for your research, please cite Vassetzky 2013.

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