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* GenPlay, Einstein Genome Analyzer
* Copyright (C) 2009, 2014 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* Authors: Julien Lajugie <julien.lajugie@einstein.yu.edu>
* Nicolas Fourel <nicolas.fourel@einstein.yu.edu>
* Eric Bouhassira <eric.bouhassira@einstein.yu.edu>
*
* Website: <http://genplay.einstein.yu.edu>
******************************************************************************/
package edu.yu.einstein.genplay.dataStructure.gene;
import edu.yu.einstein.genplay.dataStructure.enums.Strand;
import edu.yu.einstein.genplay.dataStructure.list.listView.ListView;
import edu.yu.einstein.genplay.dataStructure.scoredChromosomeWindow.ScoredChromosomeWindow;
/**
* The {@link Gene} class provides a representation of a gene.
* @author Julien Lajugie
*/
public interface Gene extends ScoredChromosomeWindow {
/**
* @return a ListView with the exons of the gene
*/
public ListView<ScoredChromosomeWindow> getExons();
/**
* @return the name of the gene
*/
public String getName();
/**
* @return the strand of the gene
*/
public Strand getStrand();
/**
* @return the 3' boundary of the translation of the gene
*/
public int getUTR3Bound();
/**
* @return the 5' boundary of the translation of the gene
*/
public int getUTR5Bound();
}