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+HMMER: biosequence analysis using profile hidden Markov models
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+HMMER is used for searching sequence databases for sequence homologs,
+and for making sequence alignments. It implements methods using
+probabilistic models called profile hidden Markov models (profile HMMs).
+
+HMMER is often used together with a profile database, such as Pfam or
+many of the databases that participate in Interpro. But HMMER can also
+work with query sequences, not just profiles, just like BLAST. For
+example, you can search a protein query sequence against a database with
+phmmer, or do an iterative search with jackhmmer.
+
+HMMER is designed to detect remote homologs as sensitively as possible,
+relying on the strength of its underlying probability models. In the
+past, this strength came at significant computational expense, but as
+of the new HMMER3 project, HMMER is now essentially as fast as BLAST.
+
+Publications:
+http://hmmer.org/publications.html