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Current Repbase schema for transposable element classification. |
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| Major Class |
Superfamilies |
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| DNA transposons |
Mariner, hAT, MuDR, EnSpm, piggyback, P, Merlin, Harbinger, Transib, Novosib, Mirage, Helitron, Polinton, Rehavkus |
| LTR retrotransposons |
Gypsy, Copia, DIRS, BEL |
| Endogenous retroviruses |
ERV1, ERV2, ERV3 |
| Non-LTR retrotransposons |
LINE1 (L1), RTE-1, CRE, CR1 (LINE3), I, Jockey, NeSL, R2, R4, Rex1, RandI, Penelope |
| Caulimoviridae |
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| Simple repeat |
Satellites (SAT, MSAT) |
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Repbase currently recognizes over 40 superfamilies of transposable/repetitive element. The major classes and superfamilies are listed here. The underlying relational database structure of Repbase allows easy addition and modification of the classification scheme, based on currently accepted conventions. | |
Kohany et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2006 7:474 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-7-474 |
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