Validating the concept of mutational signatures with isogenic cell models

As cells evolve towards malignancy, somatic mutations arise from defects in DNA damage and repair processes which are each associated with individual mutation signatures. Here the authors show it is possible to recreate cancer mutational signatures in vitro using gene editing experiments in an isoge...

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Main Authors: Xueqing Zou, Michel Owusu, Rebecca Harris, Stephen P. Jackson, Joanna I. Loizou, Serena Nik-Zainal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04052-8