NAME

Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::UTR - A feature representing an untranslated region that is part of a transcriptional unit

SYNOPSIS

See documentation of methods

DESCRIPTION

A UTR is a Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI compliant object that is non-coding, and can be either 5' or 3' in a transcript.

FEEDBACK

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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 of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

  https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

AUTHOR - David Block

Email dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca

CONTRIBUTORS

This is based on the Gene Structure scaffolding erected by Hilmar Lapp (hlapp@gmx.net).

APPENDIX

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

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   :
 Function: We override the constructor here to set is_coding to false
           unless explicitly overridden.

 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :

primary_tag

 Title   : primary_tag
 Usage   : $tag = $feat->primary_tag()
 Function: Returns the primary tag for a feature,
           eg 'utr5prime'.  This method insures that 5prime/3prime information
           is uniformly stored
 Returns : a string 
 Args    : none