Resolving cell population heterogeneity: Real-time PCR for simultaneous multiplexed gene detection in multiple single-cell samples

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Diercks, Alan ^a   Kostner, Heather ^a   Ozinsky, Adrian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; I KAPPA B ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 68149170798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006326     Document Type: Article

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