NAME

       Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::GeneStructureI - A feature representing an arbitrarily
                  complex structure of a gene

SYNOPSIS

         #documentation needed

DESCRIPTION

       A feature representing a gene structure.

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AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp

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APPENDIX

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

   transcripts
        Title   : transcripts()
        Usage   : @transcripts = $gene->transcripts();
        Function: Get the transcript features/sites of this gene structure.

                  See Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::TranscriptI for properties of the
                  returned objects.

        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::TranscriptI implementing objects
                  representing the promoter regions or sites.
        Args    :

   promoters
        Title   : promoters()
        Usage   : @prom_sites = $gene->promoters();
        Function: Get the promoter features/sites of this gene structure.

                  Note that OO-modeling of regulatory elements is not stable yet.
                  This means that this method might change or even disappear in a
                  future release. Be aware of this if you use it.

        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeatureI implementing objects representing the
                  promoter regions or sites.
        Args    :

   exons
        Title   : exons()
        Usage   : @exons = $gene->exons();
                  @inital = $gene->exons('Initial');
        Function: Get all exon features or all exons of specified type of this gene
                  structure.

                  Refer to the documentation of the class that produced this gene
                  structure object for information about the possible types.

                  See Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI for properties of the
                  returned objects.

        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI implementing objects
                  representing the exon regions.
        Args    : An optional string specifying the type of the exon.

   introns
        Title   : introns()
        Usage   : @introns = $gene->introns();
        Function: Get all introns of this gene structure.
        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeatureI implementing objects representing the
                  introns.
        Args    :

   poly_A_sites
        Title   : poly_A_sites()
        Usage   : @polyAsites = $gene->poly_A_sites();
        Function: Get the poly-adenylation features/sites of this gene structure.
        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeatureI implementing objects representing the
                  poly-adenylation regions or sites.
        Args    :

   utrs
        Title   : utrs()
        Usage   : @utr_sites = $gene->utrs();
        Function: Get the UTR features/sites of this gene structure.

                  See Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI for properties of the
                  returned objects.

        Returns : An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI implementing objects
                  representing the UTR regions or sites.
        Args    :