Computational methods for detecting cancer hotspots

Cancer mutations that are recurrently observed among patients are known as hotspots. Hotspots are highly relevant because they are, presumably, likely functional. Known hotspots in BRAF, PIK3CA, TP53, KRAS, IDH1 support this idea. However, hundreds of hotspots have never been validated experimentall...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Emmanuel Martinez-Ledesma, PhD, David Flores, Victor Trevino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037020304876