NIMBus: a negative binomial regression based Integrative Method for mutation Burden Analysis

Abstract Background Identifying frequently mutated regions is a key approach to discover DNA elements influencing cancer progression. However, it is challenging to identify these burdened regions due to mutation rate heterogeneity across the genome and across different individuals. Moreover, it is k...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Jason Liu, Patrick McGillivray, Caroline Yi, Lucas Lochovsky, Donghoon Lee, Mark Gerstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-020-03758-1