NAME¶
Bio::AlignIO::po - po MSA Sequence input/output stream
SYNOPSIS¶
Do not use this module directly. Use it via the Bio::AlignIO class.
DESCRIPTION¶
This object can transform Bio::SimpleAlign objects to and from 'po' format flat
file databases. 'po' format is the native format of the POA alignment program
(Lee C, Grasso C, Sharlow MF, 'Multiple sequence alignment using partial order
graphs', Bioinformatics (2002), 18(3):452-64).
FEEDBACK¶
Support¶
Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
bioperl-l@bioperl.org
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 the bugs
and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
https://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/
AUTHORS - Matthew Betts¶
Email: matthew.betts@ii.uib.no
APPENDIX¶
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal
methods are usually preceded with a _
next_aln¶
Title : next_aln
Usage : $aln = $stream->next_aln()
Function: returns the next alignment in the stream.
Returns : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object - returns undef on end of file
or on error
Args : NONE
write_aln¶
Title : write_aln
Usage : $stream->write_aln(@aln)
Function: writes the $aln object into the stream in po format
Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
Args : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object