Deciphering Signatures of Mutational Processes Operative in Human Cancer

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 246-259
Citations: 1301
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                                    Ludmil B. Alexandrov, 
                                
                                    Serena Nik‐Zainal, 
                                
                                    David C. Wedge
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Deciphering Signatures of Mutational Processes Operative in Human Cancer. 
                            Cell Reports
                            , 3
                            (1)
                            , 246-259.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2012.12.008
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.12.008