[Genome] a question about rmsk table

[Kayla Smith]

Hello Xiaolu,

We use the RepeatMasker program for this track, and you can find more 
information about how RepeatMasker works here:

http://www.repeatmasker.org/

The details page for the rmsk track will shed some light on your question:

http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?g=rmsk

I hope this information is helpful to you.  Please don't hesitate to 
contact us again if you require further assistance.

Kayla Smith
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


Xiaolu.Huang at UCHSC.edu wrote:
> Dear scientists at ucsc genome project,
>  
> I am using the rmsk table at the table brower (track: repeatmasker) to annotation repeats in genes. I have found that the regions of repeats there are either on "+" strand or on "-" strand, there is no overlapping repeats on both strands. Could you let me know why is that and if there is a better table for me to use.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Xiaolu 
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