Pfam

database of protein families

Dataset biological_database Q906796

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13 properties

Instance of: biological database
Language of work or name: English^[5]
Official website: pfam.xfam.org^[6]
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
Website: pfam.xfam.org
Part of: ELIXIR EMBL-EBI Node^[4]
Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License^[3]
Copyright status: copyrighted^[13]
Described by source: Pfam: The protein families database in 2021, Bioregistry, Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) database^[8]^[9]^[10]
Main Wikidata property: P3519^[11]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Biosciences databases^[12]
Operator: EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute^[2]
Readable file format: Stockholm format^[7]

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en Pfam ar بفام ar قاعدة بيانات عوائل البروتينات fa پی‌فم ja Pfamデータベース zh 蛋白质家族

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Identifiers.org prefix: pfam

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GNU Lesser General Public License

Instance of 1

biological database

Language of work or name 1

English

Operator 1

EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute

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Summary

Pfam is a biological database^[1].

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enPfam arقاعدة بيانات عوائل البروتينات dePfam esPfam faپی‌فم frPfam huPfam itPfam jaPfamデータベース koPfam msPfam ptPfam roPfam ruPfam trPfam ukPfam zhPfam

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Pfam — operator (P137): EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Pfam — copyright license (P275): GNU Lesser General Public License. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Pfam — part of (P361): ELIXIR EMBL-EBI Node. elixir-europe.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10. elixir-europe.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Pfam — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Pfam — official website (P856): http://pfam.xfam.org/. elixir-europe.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10. elixir-europe.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Pfam — readable file format (P1072): Stockholm format. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Pfam — described by source (P1343): Pfam: The protein families database in 2021. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Pfam — described by source (P1343): Bioregistry. bioregistry.io. bioregistry.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Pfam — described by source (P1343): Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) database. oxfordjournals.org. oxfordjournals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Pfam — main Wikidata property (P1687): P3519. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Pfam — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Biosciences databases. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Pfam — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted. wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Pfam is an instance of biological database (Q4117139) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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