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Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::Exonerate(3pm)

wrapper for the exonerate alignment program

NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::Exonerate - wrapper for the exonerate alignment program

SYNOPSIS

  use Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::Exonerate;
  use Bio::SeqIO;
  my $qio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>$ARGV[0],-format=>'fasta');
  my $query = $qio->next_seq();
  my $tio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>$ARGV[1],-format=>'fasta');
  my $target = $sio->next_seq();
  #exonerate parameters can all be passed via arguments parameter.
  #parameters passed are not checked for validity
  my $run = Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::Exonerate->
      new(arguments=>'--model est2genome --bestn 10');
  my $searchio_obj = $run->run($query,$target);
  while(my $result = $searchio->next_result){
    while( my $hit = $result->next_hit ) {
      while( my $hsp = $hit->next_hsp ) {
        print $hsp->start."\t".$hsp->end."\n";
      }
    }
  }

DESCRIPTION

Wrapper for Exonerate alignment program. You can get exonerate at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~guy/exonerate/. This wrapper is written without parameter checking. All parameters are passed via the arugment parameter that is passed in the constructor. See SYNOPSIS. For exonerate parameters, run exonerate --help for more details.

PROGRAM VERSIONS

The tests have been shown to pass with exonorate versions 2.0 - 2.2.

FEEDBACK

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  [email protected]                  - General discussion
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Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

[email protected]

rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

  http://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/

AUTHOR - Shawn Hoon

  Email shawnh-at-stanford.edu

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

program_name

 Title   : program_name
 Usage   : $factory>program_name()
 Function: holds the program name
 Returns:  string
 Args    : None

program_dir

 Title   : program_dir
 Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
 Function: returns the program directory, obtained from ENV variable.
 Returns:  string
 Args    :

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $factory= Bio::Tools::Run::Phrap->new();
 Function: creates a new Phrap factory
 Returns:  Bio::Tools::Run::Phrap
 Args    :

version

 Title   : version
 Usage   : exit if $prog->version() < 1.8
 Function: Determine the version number of the program
 Example :
 Returns : float or undef
 Args    : none

run

 Title   :   run()
 Usage   :   my $feats = $factory->run($seq)
 Function:   Runs Phrap 
 Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
 Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI

_input

 Title   :   _input
 Usage   :   $factory->_input($seqFile)
 Function:   get/set for input file
 Returns :
 Args    :

_run

 Title   :   _run
 Usage   :   $factory->_run()
 Function:   Makes a system call and runs Phrap
 Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
 Args    :

_writeInput

 Title   :   _writeInput
 Usage   :   $factory->_writeInput($query,$target)
 Function:   Creates a file from the given seq object
 Returns :   A string(filename)
 Args    :   Bio::PrimarySeqI

_setparams

 Title   :  _setparams
 Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly
 Function:  creates a string of params to be used in the command string
 Example :
 Returns :  string of params
 Args    :

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