Somatic point mutation calling in low cellularity tumors.

Somatic mutation calling from next-generation sequencing data remains a challenge due to the difficulties of distinguishing true somatic events from artifacts arising from PCR, sequencing errors or mis-mapping. Tumor cellularity or purity, sub-clonality and copy number changes also confound the iden...

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Main Authors: Karin S Kassahn, Oliver Holmes, Katia Nones, Ann-Marie Patch, David K Miller, Angelika N Christ, Ivon Harliwong, Timothy J Bruxner, Qinying Xu, Matthew Anderson, Scott Wood, Conrad Leonard, Darrin Taylor, Felicity Newell, Sarah Song, Senel Idrisoglu, Craig Nourse, Ehsan Nourbakhsh, Suzanne Manning, Shivangi Wani, Anita Steptoe, Marina Pajic, Mark J Cowley, Mark Pinese, David K Chang, Anthony J Gill, Amber L Johns, Jianmin Wu, Peter J Wilson, Lynn Fink, Andrew V Biankin, Nicola Waddell, Sean M Grimmond, John V Pearson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3826759?pdf=render