get_sequence: Retrieves a fasta sequence from NCBI nucleotide database.

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Retrieves a fasta sequence from NCBI nucleotide database.

Description

Retrieves a fasta sequence from NCBI nucleotide database.

Usage

get_sequence(
  accession,
  start = NULL,
  stop = NULL,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("NCBI_API_KEY")
)

Arguments

accession	nucleotide accession to retrieve.
start	start base to retrieve, numbered beginning at 1. If NULL the beginning of the sequence.
stop	last base to retrieve, numbered beginning at 1. if NULL the end of the sequence.
api_key	NCBI api-key to allow faster sequence retrieval.

Value

an DNAbin object.

See Also

DNAbin

primerTree documentation built on April 5, 2022, 5:07 p.m.