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Getting Started
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**Pfam** is hosted by `InterPro <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/>`_. All the information contained within Pfam is accessible in the website of this protein sequences resource by browsing by member database and choosing 
`Pfam <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/entry/pfam/#table>`_. For more information about InterPro you can have a look at `its documentation <https://interpro-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/interpro.html>`_. 

Site organisation
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.. figure:: images/Pfam_entry.png
  :alt: Scheme of the organisation of the information in the Pfam database.
  :width: 700
  :align: left

  Schematic representation of the organisation of the information in the Pfam database. The arrows represent the flow of data.

Note the InterPro entries use the term **Conserved site** for **Motif** for consistency with the rest of the member databases that form part of `the InterPro consortium <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/about/consortium/>`_.