NAME

Bio::DB::HIV - Database object interface to the Los Alamos HIV Sequence Database

SYNOPSIS

$db = new Bio::DB::HIV;

$seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id('94284');                                 # LANL sequence id
$seq = $db->get_Seq_by_acc('EF432710');                             # GenBank accession

$q = new Bio::DB::Query::HIVQuery( " (C D)[subtype] SI[phenotype] (symptomatic AIDS)[patient_health] " );

$seqio = $db->get_Stream_by_query($q);
$seq = $seqio->next_seq();
($seq->annotation->get_Annotations('Virus'))[0]->{subtype}          # returns 'D'
($seq->annotation->get_Annotations('Patient'))[0]->{patient_health} # returns 'AIDS'
($seq->annotation->get_Annotations('accession'))[0]->{value}        # returns 'K03454'

DESCRIPTION

Bio::DB::HIV, along with Bio::DB::Query::HIVQuery, provides an interface for obtaining annotated HIV and SIV sequences from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) HIV Sequence Database ( http://www.hiv.lanl.gov/content/sequence/HIV/mainpage.html ). Unannotated sequences can be retrieved directly from the database object, using either LANL ids or GenBank accessions. Annotations are obtained via a query object, and are attached to the correct Bio::Seq objects when the query is handled by Bio::DB::HIV::get_Seq_by_query or Bio::DB::HIV::get_Stream_by_query.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Mark A. Jensen

Email maj@fortinbras.us

CONTRIBUTORS

Mark A. Jensen

APPENDIX

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

Constructor

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::DB::HIV();
Function: Builds a new Bio::DB::HIV object
Returns : an instance of Bio::DB::HIV
Args    :

WebDBSeqI compliance

get_request

Title   : get_request
Usage   : my $url = $self->get_request
Function: returns a HTTP::Request object
Returns :
Args    : %qualifiers = a hash of qualifiers with keys in
           (-ids, -format, -mode, -query)
Note    : Several layers of requests are performed to get to the sequence;
          see Bio::DB::Query::HIVQuery.

postprocess_data

 Title   : postprocess_data
 Usage   : $self->postprocess_data ( 'type' => 'string',
				     'location' => \$datastr);
 Function: process downloaded data before loading into a Bio::SeqIO
 Returns : void
 Args    : hash with two keys - 'type' can be 'string' or 'file'
                              - 'location' either file location or string
                                           reference containing data

WebDBSeqI overrides

get_seq_stream

Title   : get_seq_stream
Usage   : my $seqio = $self->get_seq_stream(%qualifiers)
Function: builds a url and queries a web db
Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream capable of producing sequence
Args    : %qualifiers = a hash qualifiers that the implementing class
          will process to make a url suitable for web querying
Note    : Some tightening up of the baseclass version

get_Stream_by_acc

Title   : get_Stream_by_acc
Usage   : $seq = $db->get_Stream_by_acc([$acc1, $acc2]);
Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by GenBank accession numbers
Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object
Args    : an arrayref of accession numbers for
          the desired sequence entries
Note    : For LANL DB, alternative to LANL seqids

get_Stream_by_query

Title   : get_Stream_by_query
Usage   : $stream = $db->get_Stream_by_query($query);
Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by way of a query string or oject
Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object
Args    : $query : Currently, only a Bio::DB::Query::HIVQuery object.
          It's a good idea to create the query object first and interrogate
          it for the entry count before you fetch a potentially large stream.

Internals

lanl_base

Title   : lanl_base
Usage   : $obj->lanl_base($newval)
Function: get/set the base url of the LANL HIV database
Example :
Returns : value of lanl_base (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

map_db

Title   : map_db
Usage   : $obj->map_db($newval)
Function: get/set the cgi filename for map_db ("Database Map")
Example :
Returns : value of map_db (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

make_search_if

Title   : make_search_if
Usage   : $obj->make_search_if($newval)
Function: get/set the cgi filename for make_search_if ("Make Search Interface")
Example :
Returns : value of make_search_if (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

search_

Title   : search_
Usage   : $obj->search_($newval)
Function: get/set the cgi filename for the search query page
          ("Search Database")
Example :
Returns : value of search_ (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

_map_db_uri

Title   : _map_db_uri
Usage   :
Function: return the full map_db uri ("Database Map")
Example :
Returns : scalar string
Args    : none

_make_search_if_uri

Title   : _make_search_if_uri
Usage   :
Function: return the full make_search_if uri ("Make Search Interface")
Example :
Returns : scalar string
Args    : none

_search_uri

Title   : _search_uri
Usage   :
Function: return the full search cgi uri ("Search Database")
Example :
Returns : scalar string
Args    : none

_session_id

Title   : _session_id
Usage   : $obj->_session_id($newval)
Function: Contains HIV db session id (initialized in _do_lanl_request)
Example :
Returns : value of _session_id (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

_response

Title   : _response
Usage   : $obj->_response($newval)
Function: hold the response to search post
Example :
Returns : value of _response (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

Dude, sorry

Title   : _sorry
Usage   : $hiv->_sorry
Function: Throws an exception for unsupported option or parameter
Example :
Returns :
Args    : scalar string