Exploring the landscape of focal amplifications in cancer using AmpliconArchitect

Autor: Viraj Deshpande, Jens Luebeck, Nam-Phuong D. Nguyen, Mehrdad Bakhtiari, Kristen M. Turner, Richard Schwab, Hannah Carter, Paul S. Mischel, Vineet Bafna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08200-y
Popis: Focal amplifications are prevalent in many cancer genomes. Here, the authors present AmpliconArchitect (AA), a computational tool for reconstructing their architecture, and reveal an extrachromosomal origin for focal amplifications, including hybrid human-virus elements in HPV-mediated cancers.
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