update May  27, 2016
NAME
delgi.py - remove GI numbers from GenBank flatfiles, in compliance with the NCBI phase out of GI numbers
SYNOPSIS
delgi.py infile outfile

DESCRIPTION

As of September 2016, GI numbers will no longer be included in GenBank flat files generated by NCBI, as described in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/news/03-02-2016-phase-out-of-GI-numbers.

The purpose of this script is to create GenBank flatfiles conforming to the new format, as test files for ensuring that software works with these format changes.

AUTHOR
Dr. Brian Fristensky
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB  Canada R3T 2N2
frist@cc.umanitoba.ca
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist