[Biopython] Access Entrez gene DB using rettype 'gb'

[Michiel de Hoon]

--- On Thu, 12/9/10, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> > What's wrong with the current Entrez XML parser for
> the gene
> > database? Is this one of the corner cases where the
> NCBI are
> > not currently returning "proper" XML with a DTD?
> 
> That's right. The gene database doesn't give back the
> "native" XML
> format which Entrez.read deals with. Instead it's got
> custom XML output:
> 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/efetchseq_help.html#gene

Really? What's the difference between "native" and "custom" XML? The Entrez Gene XML example from this linked gets parsed perfectly fine by Entrez.read.

--Michiel.