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Silent Mutations Make Some Noise

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CELL
Volume 156, Issue 6, Pages 1129-1131

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.037

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  1. NCI NIH HHS [U24 CA143883] Funding Source: Medline

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Synonymous mutations do not alter amino acids and are generally considered nonfunctional in cancer. Supek et al. now present a compelling analysis suggesting that such silent mutations can be oncogenic by altering transcript splicing and thereby affecting protein function.

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