A new platform for fast functional characterization of potentially cancerous mutations
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... Ba/F3 and MCF10A cellular models. Ba/F3 and MCF10A are growth factor dependent cell lines and any mutations...attempting to characterize mutations in a pooled cell population, as mutations with strong phenotypic ...functional groups, based on how each one impacted cell viability (see figure). Most of the mutations were...to be “neutral,” having no significant effect on cell viability compared to a wild-type control. Approximately... the mutations, however, significantly increased cell viability, and these “activators” may be the direct...annotation of somatic mutations in cancer." Cancer Cell 33.3 (2018): 450-462. PubMed PMID: 29533785. PubMed...