NAME¶

tantan - low complexity and tandem repeat masker for biosequences

SYNOPSIS¶

tantan [ options] fasta-sequence-file(s)

DESCRIPTION¶

Find simple repeats in sequences

Options (default settings):¶

-p

interpret the sequences as proteins

-x

letter to use for masking, instead of lowercase

-c

preserve uppercase/lowercase in non-masked regions

-m

file for letter pair scores (+1/-1, but -p selects BLOSUM62)

-r

probability of a repeat starting per position (0.005)

-e

probability of a repeat ending per position (0.05)

-w

maximum tandem repeat period to consider (100, but -p selects 50)

-d

probability decay per period (0.9)

-a

gap existence cost (0)

-b

gap extension cost (infinite: no gaps)

-s

minimum repeat probability for masking (0.5)

-f

output type: 0=masked sequence, 1=repeat probabilities,

2=repeat counts, 3=BED (0)

-h, --help

show help message, then exit

--version

show version information, then exit

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: tantan@cbrc.jp Home page: http://www.cbrc.jp/tantan/