NAME

Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Oligo - Perl object for small inhibitory RNAs.

SYNOPSIS

  use Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Oligo;

  my $oligo = Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Oligo->
      new( -seq		=> 'AUGCCGAUUGCAAGUCAGATT',
	   -start 	=> 10,
	   -end		=> 31,
	   -strand	=> -1,
	   -primary	=> 'SiRNA::Oligo',
	   -source_tag	=> 'Bio::Tools::SiRNA',
	   -tag		=> { note => 'A note' }, );

  # normally two complementary Oligos are combined in an SiRNA::Pair
  # object
  $pair->antisense($oligo);

DESCRIPTION

Object methods for single SiRNA oligos - inherits Bio::SeqFeature::Generic. DOES NOT include methods for designing SiRNAs -- see Bio::Tools::SiRNA for that.

EXPORT

None by default.

SEE ALSO

Bio::Tools::SiRNA, Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Pair, perl.

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AUTHOR

Donald Jackson (donald.jackson@bms.com)

CONTRIBUTORS

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APPENDIX

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

new

 Title		: new
 Usage		: my $sirna_oligo = Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Oligo->new();
 Function	: Create a new SiRNA::Oligo object
 Returns	: Bio::Tools::SiRNA object
 Args    	: -seq		  sequence of the RNAi oligo.  Should be in RNA alphabet
                                 except for the final TT overhang.
                 -start          start position
	 	  -end            end position
	 	  -strand         strand
	 	  -primary        primary tag - defaults to 'SiRNA::Oligo'
	 	  -source         source tag
	 	  -score          score value
	 	  -tag            a reference to a tag/value hash
	 	  -seq_id         the display name of the sequence
	 	  -annotation     the AnnotationCollectionI object
	 	  -location       the LocationI object

Currently passing arguments in gff_string or gff1_string is not supported. SiRNA::Oligo objects are typically created by a design algorithm such as Bio::Tools::SiRNA

seq

Title		: Seq
Usage		: my $oligo_sequence = $sirna_oligo->seq();
Purpose	: Get/set the sequence of the RNAi oligo
Returns 	: Sequence for the RNAi oligo
Args		: Sequence of the RNAi oligo (optional)
Note		: Overloads Bio::SeqFeature::Generic seq method - the oligo and 
                parent sequences are different. 
                Note that all but the last 2 nucleotides are RNA (per Tuschl and colleagues).
                SiRNA::Pair objects are typically created by a design algorithm such as
                Bio::Tools::SiRNA.