Bio::Tools::SiRNA::Ruleset::saigo(3)

NAME
Bio::Tools::SiRNA::Ruleset::saigo - Perl object implementing the Saigo group's rules for designing small inhibitory RNAs

SYNOPSIS
Do not use this module directly. Instead, use Bio::Tools::SiRNA and specify the saigo ruleset:

  use Bio::Tools::SiRNA;

  my $sirna_designer = Bio::Tools::SiRNA->new( -target => $bio_seq,
                                               -rules  => 'saigo'
    );
  my @pairs = $sirna_designer->design;

  foreach $pair (@pairs) {
      my $sense_oligo_sequence = $pair->sense->seq;
      my $antisense_oligo_sequence = $pair->antisense->seq;

      # print out results
      print join ("\t", $pair->start, $pair->end, $pair->rank,
                  $sense_oligo_sequence, $antisense_oligo_sequence), "\n";
  }

DESCRIPTION
This package implements the rules for designing siRNA reagents published by Ui-Tei et al (2004). The rules are:

1.  The first base in the sense strand of the duplex must be a G or C

2.  The first base in the antisense strand of the duplex must be an A or U

3.  The first 7 nucleotides in the antisense strand of the duplex must be A or U

4.  There cannot be more than 9 consecutive G or C nucleotides

5.  The first 12 nucleotides in the sense strand of the duplex should have 33-66% GC

The module inherits from Bio::Tools::SiRNA. See the documentation for that module for information on how to specify the target and recover the SiRNA duplex information.

  EXPORT
None.

SEE ALSO
Bio::Tools::SiRNA, Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Pair, Bio::SeqFeature::SiRNA::Oligo.

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AUTHOR
Donald Jackson (donald.jackson@bms.com)

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

  new
  Title : new
  Usage  : Do not call directly - use Bio::Tools::SiRNA->new instead.
  Returns : Bio::Tools::SiRNA::Ruleset::saigo object
  Args  : none