get_accession#

biotite.sequence.io.genbank.get_accession(gb_file)[source]#

Parse the ACCESSION field of a GenBank or GenPept file.

Parameters:
gb_fileGenBankFile

The GenBank file to read the ACCESSION field from.

Returns:
accessionstr

The accession ID of the file.

Examples

>>> import os.path
>>> file = GenBankFile.read(os.path.join(path_to_sequences, "ec_bl21.gb"))
>>> print(get_accession(file))
CP001509