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Bio::AlignIO::po(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Bio::AlignIO::po(3pm)

NAME
       Bio::AlignIO::po - po MSA Sequence input/output stream

SYNOPSIS
       Do not use this module directly.  Use it via the Bio::AlignIO class.

DESCRIPTION
       This object can transform Bio::SimpleAlign objects to and from 'po' format flat file databases. 'po' format is the native format of the POA
       alignment program (Lee C, Grasso C, Sharlow MF, 'Multiple sequence alignment using partial order graphs', Bioinformatics(2002),
       18(3):452-64).

FEEDBACK
   Support
       Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

       bioperl-l@bioperl.org

       rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address
       it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

   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:

	 https://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/

AUTHORS - Matthew Betts
       Email: matthew.betts@ii.uib.no

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

   next_aln
	Title	: next_aln
	Usage	: $aln = $stream->next_aln()
	Function: returns the next alignment in the stream.
	Returns : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object - returns undef on end of file
		   or on error
	Args	: NONE

   write_aln
	Title	: write_aln
	Usage	: $stream->write_aln(@aln)
	Function: writes the $aln object into the stream in po format
	Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
	Args	: L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-02						     Bio::AlignIO::po(3pm)