Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Functional exploration of colorectal cancer genomes using Drosophila

  • Erdem Bangi,
  • Claudio Murgia,
  • Alexander G.S. Teague,
  • Owen J. Sansom,
  • Ross L. Cagan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13615
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Colorectal cancers carry multiple mutations. Here, the authors use Drosophilaas a model organism and assess multiple combinations of mutations and their response to various drugs, providing further insight into drug resistance mechanisms.