NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::Signalp

SYNOPSIS

Build a Signalp factory

my $factory = Bio::Tools::Run::Signalp->new();
# Pass the factory a Bio::Seq object
# @feats is an array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
my @feats = $factory->run($seq);

DESCRIPTION

wrapper module for Signalp program

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Based on the EnsEMBL module Bio::EnsEMBL::Pipeline::Runnable::Protein::Signalp
originally written by Marc Sohrmann (ms2@sanger.ac.uk)
Written in BioPipe by Balamurugan Kumarasamy <savikalpa@fugu-sg.org>
Contributions by David Vilanova (david.vilanova@urbanet.ch)
                 Shawn Hoon (shawnh@fugu-sg.org)
# Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org> 
#
Cared for by the Fugu Informatics team (fuguteam@fugu-sg.org)

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::Signalp->new();
Function: creates a new Signalp factory
Returns:  Bio::Tools::Run::Signalp
Args    :

predict_protein_features

Title   :   predict_protein_features()
Usage   :   DEPRECATED. Use $factory->run($seq) instead
Function:   Runs Signalp and creates an array of featrues
Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI

run

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

_writeSeqFile

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