Hypermutation of the Inactive X Chromosome Is a Frequent Event in Cancer

Mutation is a fundamental process in tumorigenesis. However, the degree to which the rate of somatic mutation varies across the human genome and the mechanistic basis underlying this variation remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we performed a cross-cancer comparison of 402 whole genomes comprising...

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Main Authors: Jäger, Natalie, Schlesner, Matthias, Jones, David T.W., Raffel, Simon, Mallm, Jan-Philipp, Junge, Kristin M., Weichenhan, Dieter, Bauer, Tobias, Ishaque, Naveed, Kool, Marcel, Northcott, Paul A., Korshunov, Andrey, Drews, Ruben M., Koster, Jan, Versteeg, Rogier, Richter, Julia, Hummel, Michael, Mack, Stephen C., Taylor, Michael D., Witt, Hendrik, Swartman, Benedict, Schulte-Bockholt, Dietrich, Sultan, Marc, Yaspo, Marie-Laure, Lehrach, Hans, Hutter, Barbara, Brors, Benedikt, Wolf, Stephan, Plass, Christoph, Siebert, Reiner, Trumpp, Andreas, Rippe, Karsten, Lehmann, Irina, Lichter, Peter, Pfister, Stefan M., Eils, Roland
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898475/