There is a nascent article on the topic here (mostly about nomenclature right now):
http://wiki.bioinformatics.org/Repetitive_DNA_sequence If anyone would like to contribute to it, please do. There are a number of programs available for finding repetitive sequences. Since you're looking for tandem repeats, that narrows it down some. There are differences in scale as well: are you looking for short or long repeating units? The methods for finding repeats vary, too. Some use a library of known repeats (good for larger repeating units), while others take a de novo, "all possible combinations" approach. And gaps are an important consideration. Some programs don't consider them. Anyway, the article above lists a few programs. It's also possible to use regular expressions. Cheers, Jeff jalil fallah wrote:
Dear all , I was wondering if you would mind answering my request. How could I access to a software or a database to find tandem repeat sequences in a prokaryotic gene ? Thank you in advance
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