TFBS::PatternGen::MEME(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       TFBS::PatternGen::MEME(3pm)

NAME

       TFBS::PatternGen::MEME - a pattern factory that uses the MEME program

SYNOPSIS

	   my $patterngen =
		   TFBS::PatternGen::MEME->new(-seq_file=>'sequences.fa',
						   -binary => 'meme'

	   my $pfm = $patterngen->pattern(); # $pfm is now a TFBS::Matrix::PFM object

DESCRIPTION

       TFBS::PatternGen::MEME builds position frequency matrices using an external program MEME written by Bailey and Elkan.  For information and
       source code of MEME see

       http://www.sdsc.edu/MEME

FEEDBACK

       Please send bug reports and other comments to the author.

AUTHOR - Wynand Alkema
       Wynand Alkema <Wynand.Alkema@cgb.ki.se>

   new
	Title	: new
	Usage	: my $pattrengen = TFBS::PatternGen::MEME->new(%args);
	Function: the constructor for the TFBS::PatternGen::MEME object
	Returns : a TFBS::PatternGen::MEME object
	Args	: This method takes named arguments;
		   you must specify one of the following three
		   -seq_list	 # a reference to an array of strings
				 #   and/or Bio::Seq objects
		     # or
		   -seq_stream	 # A Bio::SeqIO object
		     # or
		   -seq_file	 # the name of the fasta file containing
				 #   all the sequences
		  Other arguments are:
		   -binary	 # a fully qualified path to the 'meme' executable
				 #  OPTIONAL: default 'meme'
		   -additional_params  # a string containing additional
				       #   command-line switches for the
				       #   meme program

   pattern
   all_patterns
   patternSet
       The three methods listed above are used for the retrieval of patterns, and are common to all TFBS::PatternGen::* classes. Please see
       TFBS::PatternGen for details.

perl v5.14.2							    2008-01-24					       TFBS::PatternGen::MEME(3pm)