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Human transposable elements

Hi, I need the human transposable element sequences in fasta format. I couldn't find any track on the UCSC Table Browser that has this information. Any idea how I cat get the sequences?

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written by Habil Habil

Try: output format: sequence

Best, Agata

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written by agata88 agata88

It does not specify which repeat sequences are transposable element.

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written by Habil Habil

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From the Wikipedia list of biological databases, I found a link to Repbase, which has sequence of transposable elements and other repeats of several organisms. I downloaded the fasta file as follows:enter image description here

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written by Habil Habil

Unfortunately, Repbase is now subscription only for downloads, at least as far as I can see.

"Subscription access only Please subscribe to Repbase or utilize an existing subscription."

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