[Bioperl-l] ribosome binding sites (RBS)

[Genevieve DeClerck]

Hi,

I'm looking for the right bioperl class to use to describe ribosome 
binding site (RBS) features in a bacterial genome.

The closest thing I could find is Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::UTR, but it 
seems that this is too broad for my needs because, as I understand, an 
untranslated region (a 5' UTR) can contain more than one type of 
untranslated feature. Unless I'm missing something, it looks like I'll 
need to create an "RBS" class. I'm thinking that it will need to inherit 
from Bio::SeqFeature::Generic. Inheriting from 
Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::UTR wouldn't make sense because a UTR *has* RBS's 
- RBS's are not UTRs.

Has anyone else described/instantiated RBS's with bioperl?

Any comments or insight would be appreciated.

(I'm still getting my sea legs with bioperl and with navigating all of 
what's in bioperl.. I'm not always sure if I'm overlooking something or 
if it just hasn't been developed yet.)

Thanks,
Genevieve