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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tumor necrosis factor member 13b signaling pathway
The tumor necrosis factor member 13b known as Baff binds to three receptors of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily - the receptor member 13B known as Taci and member 17 known as Bcma to which member 13 of the ligand superfamily also binds, and additionally to member 13C of the receptor superfamily to elicit important responses for the B cells of the immune system.