get_sequence#

biotite.sequence.io.genbank.get_sequence(gb_file, format='gb')[source]#

Get the sequence from the ORIGIN field of a GenBank file.

Parameters:
gb_fileGenBankFile

The GenBank file to read the ORIGIN field from.

format{‘gb’, ‘gp’}

Indicates whether the file is a GenBank or a GenPept file. Depending on this parameter a NucleotideSequence or a ProteinSequence is returned.

Returns:
sequenceNucleotideSequence or ProteinSequence

The reference sequence in the file.