NAME

       Bio::Tools::Prediction::Exon - A predicted exon feature

SYNOPSIS

         # See documentation of methods.

DESCRIPTION

       A feature representing a predicted exon. This class actually inherits off
       Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::Exon and therefore has all that functionality (also implements
       Bio::SeqFeatureI), plus a few methods supporting predicted features, like various scores
       and a significance. Even though these were inspired by GenScan results, at least a subset
       should be generally useable for exon prediction results.

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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 _

   predicted_cds
        Title   : predicted_cds
        Usage   : $predicted_cds_dna = $exon->predicted_cds();
                  $exon->predicted_cds($predicted_cds_dna);
        Function: Get/Set the CDS (coding sequence) as predicted by a program.

                  This method is independent of an attached_seq. There is no
                  guarantee whatsoever that the returned CDS has anything to do
                  (e.g., matches) with the sequence covered by the exons as annotated
                  through this object.

        Example :
        Returns : A Bio::PrimarySeqI implementing object holding the DNA sequence
                  defined as coding by a prediction of a program.
        Args    : On set, a Bio::PrimarySeqI implementing object holding the DNA
                  sequence defined as coding by a prediction of a program.

   predicted_protein
        Title   : predicted_protein
        Usage   : $predicted_protein_seq = $exon->predicted_protein();
                  $exon->predicted_protein($predicted_protein_seq);
        Function: Get/Set the protein translation as predicted by a program.

                  This method is independent of an attached_seq. There is no
                  guarantee whatsoever that the returned translation has anything to
                  do with the sequence covered by the exons as annotated
                  through this object, or the sequence returned by predicted_cds(),
                  although it should usually be just the standard translation.

        Example :
        Returns : A Bio::PrimarySeqI implementing object holding the protein
                  translation as predicted by a program.
        Args    : On set, a Bio::PrimarySeqI implementing object holding the protein
                  translation as predicted by a program.

   significance
        Title   : significance
        Usage   : $evalue = $obj->significance();
                  $obj->significance($evalue);
        Function:
        Returns :
        Args    :

   start_signal_score
        Title   : start_signal_score
        Usage   : $sc = $obj->start_signal_score();
                  $obj->start_signal_score($evalue);
        Function: Get/Set a score for the exon start signal (acceptor splice site
                  or initiation signal).
        Returns :
        Args    :

   end_signal_score
        Title   : end_signal_score
        Usage   : $sc = $obj->end_signal_score();
                  $obj->end_signal_score($evalue);
        Function: Get/Set a score for the exon end signal (donor splice site
                  or termination signal).
        Returns :
        Args    :

   coding_signal_score
        Title   : coding_signal_score
        Usage   : $sc = $obj->coding_signal_score();
                  $obj->coding_signal_score($evalue);
        Function: Get/Set a score for the exon coding signal (e.g., coding potential).
        Returns :
        Args    :