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An APOBEC cytidine deaminase mutagenesis pattern is widespread in human cancers.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 2013
Roberts Steven A, Lawrence Michael S, Klimczak Leszek J, Grimm Sara A, Fargo David, Stojanov Petar, Kiezun Adam, Kryukov Gregory V, Carter Scott L, Saksena Gordon, Harris Shawn, Shah Ruchir R, Resnick Michael A, Getz Gad, Gordenin Dmitry A
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies indicate that a subclass of APOBEC cytidine deaminases, which convert cytosine to uracil during RNA editing and retrovirus or retrotransposon restriction, may induce mutation clusters in human tumors. We show here that throughout cancer genomes APOBEC-mediated mutagenesis is pervasive and correlates with APOBEC mRNA levels. Mutation clusters in whole-genome and exome data sets conformed to the...
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