Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::GeneStructure - A feature representing an arbitrarily complex structure of a gene #documentaion needed A feature representing a gene structure.

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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 : complex structure of a gene"