Bio::DB::Ace - Database object interface to ACeDB servers $db = Bio::DB::Ace->new( -server => 'myace.server.com', port => '120000'); $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id('MUSIGHBA1'); # Unique ID # or ... $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_acc('J00522'); # Accession Number This provides a standard BioPerl database access to Ace, using Lincoln Steins excellent AcePerl module. You need to download and install the aceperl module from http://stein.cshl.org/AcePerl/ before this interface will work. This interface is designed at the moment to work through a aceclient/aceserver type mechanism Download the latest aceperl tar file, gunzip/untar and cd into the directory. This is a standard CPAN-style directory, so if you go Perl Makefile.PL make <become root> make install Then you will have installed Aceperl. Use the PREFIX mechanism to install elsewhere.

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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 email or the web: bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org http://bio.perl.org/bioperl-bugs/ Email birney@sanger.ac.uk The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

get_Seq_by_id
Title : get_Seq_by_id Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id($uid); Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by its unique identifier/name Returns : a Bio::Seq object Args : $id : the id (as a string) of the desired sequence entry

get_Seq_by_acc
Title : get_Seq_by_acc Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_acc($acc); Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by its accession number Returns : a Bio::Seq object Args : $acc : the accession number of the desired sequence entry

_aceobj
Title : _aceobj Usage : $ace = $db->_aceobj(); Function: Get/Set on the acedb object Returns : Ace object Args : New value of the ace object