CaSNP is database for storing data about
copy number alterations from
SNP array
In molecular biology, SNP array is a type of DNA microarray which is used to detect polymorphisms within a population. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), a variation at a single site in DNA, is the most frequent type of variation in the geno ...
s for different types of
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110719204256/http://cistrome.dfci.harvard.edu/CaSNP/
Genetics databases
Cancer research
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