Nature Communications (May 2017)

Ultrasensitive and high-efficiency screen of de novo low-frequency mutations by o2n-seq

  • Kaile Wang,
  • Shujuan Lai,
  • Xiaoxu Yang,
  • Tianqi Zhu,
  • Xuemei Lu,
  • Chung-I Wu,
  • Jue Ruan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15335
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Detection ofde novo, low frequency mutations is important for characterising heterogeneous cell populations, such as those found in cancer cell populations. Here the authors present o2n-seq, an ultrasensitive method with highly efficient data usage for detection of rare mutations.