[BioPython] retrieve genbank record

Hello
I have not used that procedure for quite a long time, but I remember 
that for getting a particular genbank record, I could simply do the 
following :

/gb_acc='AB013427'
gi_list=GenBank.search_for(gb_acc)


/

This does not work anymore, although it works with plain text : the full 
exemple below
(done under windows & python 2.3, because I run onto some problems with 
install of biopython on my new mandrake10, hope to solve that prettysoon)
note 'Beta proteobacterium ML6' is the Organism line content 
corresponding to the acc number used thereafter.

I looked in the biopython threads, tried to do some changes, but could 
not find the solution ...
If anybody has a clues, I will be very happy, in the meantime, I guess 
that cgi will work :-)


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from Bio import GenBank

gi_list = GenBank.search_for("Opuntia AND rpl16")
for i in gi_list:
   print i
print '*'*30

gb_acc='Beta proteobacterium ML6'
gi_list=GenBank.search_for(gb_acc)
for i in gi_list:
   print i
  
print '-'*30
gb_acc='AB013427'
gi_list=GenBank.search_for(gb_acc)
for i in gi_list:
   print i


and the results :
>c:\python23\python -u "tmp.py"
6273291
6273290
6273289
6273287
6273286
6273285
6273284
******************************
4049571
------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "tmp.py", line 14, in ?
   gi_list=GenBank.search_for(gb_acc)
 File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\Bio\GenBank\__init__.py", line 
1398, in search_for
   retstart = start_id, retmax = max_ids)
 File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\Bio\EUtils\DBIdsClient.py", line 
294, in search
   searchinfo = parse.parse_search(infile, [None])
 File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\Bio\EUtils\parse.py", line 201, in 
parse_search
   for ele in pom["TranslationStack"]:
 File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\Bio\EUtils\POM.py", line 355, in 
__getitem__
   raise IndexError, "no item matches"
IndexError: no item matches
>Exit code: 1
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thanks in advance

christen.vcf
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