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Background: Cancers result from accumulation of somatic mutations and their properties are thought to reflect the sum of these mutations. However, little is known about the consequences of altering the order of mutation acquisition. Methods: Mutation order was determined in myeloproliferative neopl...
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens 
Recent sequencing studies have extensively explored the somatic alterations present in the nuclear genomes of cancers. Although mitochondria control energy metabolism and apoptosis, the origins and impact of cancer-associated mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are unclear. Here, we analysed soma...
Frequent somatic transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome of human cancer cells
Frequent somatic transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome of human cancer cells
Frequent somatic transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome of human cancer cells
Mitochondrial genomes are separated from the nuclear genome for most of the cell cycle by the nuclear double membrane, intervening cytoplasm and the mitochondrial double membrane. Despite these physical barriers we show that somatically acquired mitochondrial-nuclear genome fusion sequences are pres...
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