NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::FootPrinter - Wrapper for FootPrinter Program

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::Tools::Run::FootPrinter;

my @params = (
             'size'=>10,
            'max_mutations_per_branch'=>4,
            'sequence_type'=>'upstream',
            'subregion_size'=>30,
            'position_change_cost'=>5,
            'triplet_filtering'=>1,
            'pair_filtering'=>1,
            'post_filtering'=>1,
            'inversion_cost'=>1,
            'max_mutations'=>4,
            'program'=>"/usr/users/shawnh/software/FootPrinter2.0/FootPrinter",
            'tree'   =>"/usr/users/shawnh/software/FootPrinter2.0/tree_of_life",
            'verbose'=>1);
my $fp = Bio::Tools::Run::FootPrinter->new(@params);

my $sio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>"/usr/users/shawnh/seq.fa",-format=>"fasta");

while (my $seq = $sio->next_seq){
  push @seq, $seq;
}
my @fp = $fp->run(@seq);

foreach my $result(@fp){
  print "***************\n".$result->seq_id."\n";
   foreach my $feat($result->sub_SeqFeature){
    print $feat->start."\t".$feat->end."\t".$feat->seq->seq."\n";
  }
}

DESCRIPTION

Taken from FootPrinter manual:

FootPrinter is a program that performs phylogenetic footprinting. It takes as input a set of unaligned orthologous sequences from various species, together with a phylogenetic tree relating these species. It then searches for short regions of the sequences that are highly conserved, according to a parsimony criterion. The regions identified are good candidates for regulatory elements. By default, the program searches for regions that are well conserved across all of the input sequences, but this can be relaxed to find regions conserved in only a subset of the species

Copyright (c) 1999-2002, by Mathieu Blanchette and Martin Tompa.

http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/~blanchem/FootPrinterWeb/FootPrinterInput.pl

**NOTE** To run FootPrinter, you will NEED to set the enviroment variable FOOTPRINTER_DIR to where the binary is located (even if the executable is in your path). For example: setenv FOOTPRINTER_DIR=/usr/local/bin/FootPrinter2.0/

Available Parameters:

PARAM         VALUES        DESCRIPTION
----------------------------------------
tree                      <file>        REQUIRED, Tree in Newick Format
                                        to evaluate parsimony score 
                                        REQUIRED unless tree_of_life
                                        exists in FOOTPRINTER_DIR
sequence_type             upstream      Default upstream
                          downstream
                          other
size                      4-16          Specifies the size of the motifs sought
max_mutations             0-20          maximum parsimony score allowed for the motifs
max_mutations_per_branch  0-20          Allows at most a fixed number of mutations per 
                                        branch of the tree
losses                    <file>        files give span constraints so that the motifs
                                        reported are statistically significant
                                        Example files
                                        universal([6-9]|1[0-2])(loose|tight)?.config
                                        come with FootPrinter2.0.
                                        Install these in FOOTPRINTER_DIR and use by
                                        setting "losses" to "somewhat significant",
                                        "significant", or "very significant". Do not
                                        set loss_cost.
loss_cost                 0-20          a cost associated with losing a motif along some 
                                        branch of the tre
subregion_size            1-infinity    penalize motifs whose position in the sequences 
                                        varies too much
position_change_cost      0-20          Cost for changing subregion

triplet_filtering         1/0           pre-filtering step that removes from consideration 
                                        any substring that doesn't have a sufficiently good 
                                        pair of matching substrings in some pair of the other 
                                        input sequences
pair_filtering            1/0           Same as triplet filtering, but looks only for one match 
                                        per other sequence
post_filtering            1/0           when used in conjunction with the triplet filtering 
                                        option, this often significantly speeds up the program, 
                                        while still garanteeing optimal results
indel_cost                1-5           insertions and deletions will be allowed in the motifs 
                                        sought, at the given cost
inversion_cost            1-5           This option allows for motifs to undergo inversions, 
                                        at the given cost. An inversion reverse-complements the motif.
details                   1/0           Shows some of the details about the progress of the computation
html                      1/0           produce html output (never deleted)
ps                        1/0           produce postscript output (never deleted)

FEEDBACK

Mailing Lists

User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one of the Bioperl mailing lists. Your participation is much appreciated.

bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  - About the mailing lists

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:

http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/

AUTHOR - Shawn Hoon

Email shawnh@fugu-sg.org

APPENDIX

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

program_name

Title   : program_name
Usage   : $factory>program_name()
Function: holds the program name
Returns:  string
Args    : None

program_dir

Title   : program_dir
Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
Function: returns the program directory, obtiained from ENV variable.
Returns:  string
Args    :

executable

Title   : executable
Usage   : my $exe = $footprinter->executable('FootPrinter');
Function: Finds the full path to the 'FootPrinter' executable
Returns : string representing the full path to the exe
Args    : [optional] name of executable to set path to
          [optional] boolean flag whether or not warn when exe is not found

new

Title   : new
Usage   : $rm->new($seq)
Function: creates a new wrapper
Returns:  Bio::Tools::Run::FootPrinter
Args    : self

run

Title   : run
Usage   : $fp->run(@seq)
Function: carry out FootPrinter 
Example :
Returns : An array of SeqFeatures 
Args    : An array of Bio::PrimarySeqI compliant object
          At least 2 are needed.

_run

Title   : _run
Usage   : $fp->_run ($filename,$param_string)
Function: internal function that runs FootPrinter 
Example :
Returns : an array of features
Args    : the filename to the input sequence, filename to phylo tree
          and the parameter string

_setparams()

Title   : _setparams
Usage   : Internal function, not to be called directly
Function:  Create parameter inputs for FootPrinter program
Example :
Returns : parameter string to be passed to FootPrinter
Args    : name of calling object

_setinput()

Title   : _setinput
Usage   : Internal function, not to be called directly
Function: writes input sequence to file and return the file name
Example :
Returns : string 
Args    : a Bio::PrimarySeqI compliant object

Bio::Tools::Run::Wrapper methods

no_param_checks

Title   : no_param_checks
Usage   : $obj->no_param_checks($newval)
Function: Boolean flag as to whether or not we should
          trust the sanity checks for parameter values  
Returns : value of no_param_checks
Args    : newvalue (optional)

save_tempfiles

Title   : save_tempfiles
Usage   : $obj->save_tempfiles($newval)
Function: 
Returns : value of save_tempfiles
Args    : newvalue (optional)

outfile_name

Title   : outfile_name
Usage   : my $outfile = $codeml->outfile_name();
Function: Get/Set the name of the output file for this run
          (if you wanted to do something special)
Returns : string
Args    : [optional] string to set value to

tempdir

Title   : tempdir
Usage   : my $tmpdir = $self->tempdir();
Function: Retrieve a temporary directory name (which is created)
Returns : string which is the name of the temporary directory
Args    : none

cleanup

Title   : cleanup
Usage   : $codeml->cleanup();
Function: Will cleanup the tempdir directory
Returns : none
Args    : none

io

Title   : io
Usage   : $obj->io($newval)
Function:  Gets a L<Bio::Root::IO> object
Returns : L<Bio::Root::IO>
Args    : none