Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes

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BiologyGeneGeneticsGenomeCancerExomeComputational biologyExome sequencingMutationDNA sequencingHuman genomeCancer genome sequencing

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 499
Issue: 7457
Pages: 214-218
Citations: 5537
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                                    Michael S. Lawrence, 
                                
                                    Petar Stojanov, 
                                
                                    Paz Polak
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes. 
                            Nature
                            , 499
                            (7457)
                            , 214-218.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12213
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature12213