Seqret and GIs

[Richard Cote]

Hello.

Is there a way to retrieve entries from genbank flatfiles and blast 
formatted databases based on the GI using seqret? A typical entry in my 
emboss.defaults file is

DB blastnr [
    type: P
    method: blast
    format: ncbi
    dir: /databases/blast/
    file: "nr"
    release: "1"
    comment: "BLAST nr database"
]

If I use seqret blastnr:NP_005047.1 (a typical AC entry), it will return 
a fasta file without a problem. If I use seqret blastnr:4826968 (the GI 
corresponding to the same AC as above), it complains that it cannot find 
the entry...

The reason why I need to access records through their GI and not their 
AC is that the standalone www blast server only returns a GI in the html 
output and not a AC.

Can anyone help?

Thank you,
Rc

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