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===Copy number variation===
 
===Copy number variation===
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XREF [http://www.sequenceontology.org/browser/current_release/term/SO:0001019 SO:0001019]
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A variation that increases or decreases the copy number of a given region.
 
====Amplification====
 
====Amplification====
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XREF [http://www.sequenceontology.org/browser/current_release/term/SO:0001880 SO:0001880]
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A sequence variant, caused by an alteration of the genomic sequence, where the structural change, an amplification of sequence, is greater than the extent of the underlying genomic features.
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====Deletion====
 
====Deletion====
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XREF [http://www.sequenceontology.org/browser/current_release/term/SO:0000159 SO:0000159]
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The point at which one or more contiguous nucleotides were excised.
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===Insertion===
 
===Insertion===
  

Revision as of 23:35, 8 January 2020

Genes

BCR-ABL1

BRAF

EGFR

HER2

PML-RARα

Gene categories

BRCA

HR

Chromosomal regions

1p19q

15;17

17p

Alterations

SNV

XREF SO:0001483

SNVs are single nucleotide positions in genomic DNA at which different sequence alternatives exist.

Substitution

XREF SO:1000002

A sequence alteration where the length of the change in the variant is the same as that of the reference.

Structural variant

XREF SO:0001537

A sequence variant that changes one or more sequence features.

Copy number variation

XREF SO:0001019 A variation that increases or decreases the copy number of a given region.

Amplification

XREF SO:0001880 A sequence variant, caused by an alteration of the genomic sequence, where the structural change, an amplification of sequence, is greater than the extent of the underlying genomic features.

Deletion

XREF SO:0000159 The point at which one or more contiguous nucleotides were excised.

Insertion

Expression

Overexpression

Underexpression

Normal expression

Rearrangement

Synonyms: fusion, translocation

Methylation

Hypermethylation

Hypomethylation

Positive

Negative

Functional mutations

Gain-of-function

Synonyms: GOF

Activating

Loss-of-function

Synonyms: LOF

Inactivating

Germline

Somatic

Synonyms: tumor, acquired

Wild-type