Identification of constrained cancer driver genes based on mutation timing.

Cancer drivers are genomic alterations that provide cells containing them with a selective advantage over their local competitors, whereas neutral passengers do not change the somatic fitness of cells. Cancer-driving mutations are usually discriminated from passenger mutations by their higher degree...

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Main Authors: Thomas Sakoparnig, Patrick Fried, Niko Beerenwinkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4287396?pdf=render