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).
Activins are members of the TGF-beta superfamily of growth factors. The pathway plays important roles in embryonic development, inflammation and reproductive biology. Deregulation of activin signaling contributes to a number of pathological conditions.
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Signaling by Activin; activin receptor signaling pathway