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NAME

       Bio::SeqFeature::Primer - Primer Generic SeqFeature

SYNOPSIS

         use Bio::SeqFeature::Primer;

         # Primer object with explicitly-defined sequence object or sequence string
         my $primer = Bio::SeqFeature::Primer->new( -seq => 'ACGTAGCT' );
         $primer->display_name('test_id');
         print "These are the details of the primer:\n".
               "Name:     ".$primer->display_name."\n".
               "Tag:      ".$primer->primary_tag."\n".   # always 'Primer'
               "Sequence: ".$primer->seq->seq."\n".
               "Tm:       ".$primer->Tm."\n\n";            # melting temperature

         # Primer object with implicit sequence object
         # It is a lighter approach for when the primer location on a template is known
         use Bio::Seq;
         my $template = Bio::Seq->new( -seq => 'ACGTAGCTCTTTTCATTCTGACTGCAACG' );
         $primer   = Bio::SeqFeature::Primer->new( -start => 1, -end =>5, -strand => 1 );
         $template->add_SeqFeature($primer);
         print "Primer sequence is: ".$primer->seq->seq."\n";
         # Primer sequence is 'ACGTA'

DESCRIPTION

       This module handles PCR primer sequences. The Bio::SeqFeature::Primer object is a
       Bio::SeqFeature::Subseq object that can additionally contain a primer sequence and its
       coordinates on a template sequence. The primary_tag() for this object is 'Primer'. A
       method is provided to calculate the melting temperature Tm of the primer.
       Bio::SeqFeature::Primer objects are useful to build Bio::Seq::PrimedSeq amplicon objects
       such as the ones returned by Bio::Tools::Primer3.

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AUTHOR

       Rob Edwards, redwards@utmem.edu

       The original concept and much of the code was written by Chad Matsalla,
       bioinformatics1@dieselwurks.com

APPENDIX

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

   new()
        Title   : new()
        Usage   : my $primer = Bio::SeqFeature::Primer( -seq => $seq_object );
        Function: Instantiate a new Bio::SeqFeature::Primer object
        Returns : A Bio::SeqFeature::Primer object
        Args    : -seq , a sequence object or a sequence string (optional)
                  -id  , the ID to give to the primer sequence, not feature (optional)

   Tm()
        Title   : Tm()
        Usage   : my $tm = $primer->Tm(-salt => 0.05, -oligo => 0.0000001);
        Function: Calculate the Tm (melting temperature) of the primer
        Returns : A scalar containing the Tm.
        Args    : -salt  : set the Na+ concentration on which to base the calculation
                           (default=0.05 molar).
                : -oligo : set the oligo concentration on which to base the
                           calculation (default=0.00000025 molar).
        Notes   : Calculation of Tm as per Allawi et. al Biochemistry 1997
                  36:10581-10594. Also see documentation at
                  http://www.idtdna.com/Scitools/Scitools.aspx as they use this
                  formula and have a couple nice help pages. These Tm values will be
                  about are about 0.5-3 degrees off from those of the idtdna web tool.
                  I don't know why.

                  This was suggested by Barry Moore (thanks!). See the discussion on
                  the bioperl-l with the subject "Bio::SeqFeature::Primer Calculating
                  the PrimerTM"

   Tm_estimate
        Title   : Tm_estimate
        Usage   : my $tm = $primer->Tm_estimate(-salt => 0.05);
        Function: Estimate the Tm (melting temperature) of the primer
        Returns : A scalar containing the Tm.
        Args    : -salt set the Na+ concentration on which to base the calculation.
        Notes   : This is only an estimate of the Tm that is kept in for comparative
                  reasons. You should probably use Tm instead!

                  This Tm calculations are taken from the Primer3 docs: They are
                  based on Bolton and McCarthy, PNAS 84:1390 (1962)
                  as presented in Sambrook, Fritsch and Maniatis,
                  Molecular Cloning, p 11.46 (1989, CSHL Press).

                  Tm = 81.5 + 16.6(log10([Na+])) + .41*(%GC) - 600/length

                  where [Na+] is the molar sodium concentration, %GC is the
                  %G+C of the sequence, and length is the length of the sequence.

                  However.... I can never get this calculation to give me the same result
                  as primer3 does. Don't ask why, I never figured it out. But I did
                  want to include a Tm calculation here because I use these modules for
                  other things besides reading primer3 output.

                  The primer3 calculation is saved as 'PRIMER_LEFT_TM' or 'PRIMER_RIGHT_TM'
                  and this calculation is saved as $primer->Tm so you can get both and
                  average them!

   primary_tag, source_tag, location, start, end, strand...
       The documentation of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic describes all the methods that
       Bio::SeqFeature::Primer object inherit.