Rfam Downloads • Latest release:
Covariance models, seed alignments, genome annotations, sequences, and more — all freely available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licence
Browse: ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/Rfam/
CURRENT/ always points to the latest release. Older releases live in versioned directories (e.g. 15.0/, 14.10/).
All Rfam covariance models in a single file, suitable for use with Infernal's cmscan to annotate novel sequences.
Multiple sequence alignments for all families in Stockholm format, including consensus secondary structures.
All genome hits for every Rfam family: sequence accession, coordinates, strand, score, and E-value.
Per-family FASTA files containing all sequences used to build each covariance model.
Clan definitions listing which families belong to each clan, for use with Infernal's cmscan --clanin.
This page lists the most commonly used files. Many more are available in the release directory. See all current files →
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