NAME

Bio::Network::Interaction - describes a protein-protein interaction

SYNOPSIS

  # Add an interaction with some attributes
  use Bio::Network::Interaction;

  my $interx = Bio::Network::Interaction->new(-weight => $score,
                                            -id => $id);
  $gr->add_interaction(-nodes => [($node1,$node2)],
                       -interaction => $interx);

  # Retrieve an interaction using an identifier
  my $interaction = $gr->get_interaction_by_id($id);

  my $id = $interaction->primary_id;
  my $wt = $interaction->weight;
  my @nodes = $interaction->nodes;

DESCRIPTION

This class contains information about a bi-molecular interaction. At present it just contains data about a weight (optional) and an identifier. Subclasses could hold more specific information. A pair of nodes can have more than one Interaction object associated with it.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHORS

Richard Adams richard.adams@ed.ac.uk Brian Osborne bosborne at alum.mit.edu

Maintained by Brian Osborne

new

 Name       : new
 Purpose    : Constructor for an Interaction object
 Usage      : my $interx = Bio::Network::Interaction->new(-id => $id);
 Returns    : A new Bio::Network::Interaction object 
 Arguments  : -id                => interaction id
              -weight (optional) => weight score

weight

 Name      : weight
 Purpose   : Get or set a weight or score
 Usage     : my $weight = $interx->weight()
                     or
             $interx->weight(3)
 Returns   : a number
 Arguments : Nothing or a number

primary_id

 Name      : primary_id
 Purpose   : Get or set the primary_id
 Usage     : my $id = $interx->primary_id()
                       or
             $interx->primary_id("SIB4")
 Returns   : A string identifier
 Arguments : Nothing or an identifier

nodes

 Name       : nodes
 Purpose    : Get the pair of nodes for an Interaction
 Usage      : my $count = $interx->nodes
                       or
              my @nodes = $interx->nodes
 Returns    : Gets an array of 2 Nodes or a count of the number of
              Nodes
 Arguments  :
 Notes      : Getting a count of the number of Nodes in an Interaction 
              will almost always return 2, but there is a formal possibility
              that a Node could interact with itself, returning 1

annotation

 Title   : annotation
 Usage   : my $annotation = $ix->annotation 
                   or 
           $ix->annotation($annotation)
 Function: Gets or sets the annotation
 Returns : Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object
 Args    : None or Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object

See Bio::AnnotationCollectionI and Bio::Annotation::Collection for more information

object_id

 Name      : object_id
 Purpose   : Alias to primary_id
 Usage     : my $id = $edge->object_id()
 Notes     : Deprecated

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