Exploring the landscape of focal amplifications in cancer using AmpliconArchitect

Focal amplifications are prevalent in many cancer genomes. Here, the authors present AmpliconArchitect (AA), a computational tool for reconstructing their architecture, and reveal an extrachromosomal origin for focal amplifications, including hybrid human-virus elements in HPV-mediated cancers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Viraj Deshpande, Jens Luebeck, Nam-Phuong D. Nguyen, Mehrdad Bakhtiari, Kristen M. Turner, Richard Schwab, Hannah Carter, Paul S. Mischel, Vineet Bafna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08200-y