# repeat-masker

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** repeatmasker
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://www.repeatmasker.org/](http://www.repeatmasker.org/)

## Software Description

RepeatMasker is a program that screens DNA sequences for interspersed
repeats and low complexity DNA sequences. The output of the program is a
detailed annotation of the repeats that are present in the query
sequence as well as a modified version of the query sequence in which
all the annotated repeats have been masked (default: replaced by Ns).
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load repeatmasker

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of repeatmasker available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail repeatmasker