Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 500
Issue: 7463
Pages: 415-421
Citations: 9767
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                                    Ludmil B. Alexandrov, 
                                
                                    Serena Nik‐Zainal, 
                                
                                    David C. Wedge
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer. 
                            Nature
                            , 500
                            (7463)
                            , 415-421.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12477
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature12477