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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

HMMER web server: 2026 update.

Aleksandar Rajković, Martin Beracochea, Alexander B Rogers, Sean R Eddy, Nicholas P Carter, Robert D Finn

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Avian-DerivedAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Aleksandar RajkovićEMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0009-3783-8011
Martin BeracocheaEMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3472-3736
Alexander B RogersEMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4283-6135
Sean R EddyDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6676-4706
Nicholas P CarterDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States.
Robert D FinnEMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8626-2148

Funding

HMMER and Infernal: Finding distant homologs of sequences and RNA structuresR01HG009116 · NHGRI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI EDDY, SEAN R · 2016 to 2025
$4.3M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/X00306X/1NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009116NIH HHS R01-HG009116Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 221320/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HMMER web server, available at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/hmmer, provides online access to tools from the HMMER software suite (http://hmmer.org/) for protein analysis using profile hidden Markov models. Users can perform sequence similarity searches against a range of regularly updated protein sequence databases or annotate protein sequences with domains and families using profile HMM libraries from protein family databases. Since the 2018 update, the continued exponential growth of sequence databases has necessitated substantial infrastructural improvements to maintain search performance speed and service reliability. To achieve this, the web interface has been completely reengineered using modern web technologies (JavaScript and React), providing users with an enhanced experience, including session-based search history and streamlined results visualization. The web application programming interface has been rewritten to better support programmatic access with updated endpoints and JSON-based responses. The infrastructure has been redesigned to efficiently handle searches against much larger databases through horizontal scaling and asynchronous job processing. Target database offerings have been updated to reflect current usage patterns and data availability. The HMMER web server is free and open to all users, and there is no login requirement.

Indexed as

ProteinsSequence Analysis, ProteinSoftwareDatabases, ProteinHidden Markov ModelsInternetUser-Computer InterfaceProteins

Identifiers

PMID42037125
PMCPMC13355042

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Registered trials

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