The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
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altered SWI/SNF family mediated chromatin remodeling pathway
Alterations in the SWI/SNF family mediated pathway of chromatin remodeling are implicated in a number of human cancers that include ovarian, pancreatic and renal, among others. Many mutations are found in Smarca4, one of the two mutually exclusive, ATP-dependent, enzymatic subunits or Arid1a subunit.