COSMIC: the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer

Abstract

This FAIRsharing record describes: The Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) is a database of manually-curated somatic mutation information relating to human cancers. The COSMIC database combines manually-curated data and genome-wide screen data.

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BiologySomatic cellGeneticsCancerMutationGermline mutationGene

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 47
Issue: D1
Pages: D941-D947
Citations: 4894
Access: Closed

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                                    John Tate, 
                                
                                    Sally Bamford, 
                                
                                    Harry Jubb
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            COSMIC: the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer. 
                            Nucleic Acids Research
                            , 47
                            (D1)
                            , D941-D947.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1015
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1015