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