Investigating transcriptional states at single-cell-resolution

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Tischler, Julia ^a   Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATIONS; CELL STATE; COMPLEX TISSUES; DISEASE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATORY CIRCUITS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; MOLECULAR BASIS; MOLECULAR CELLS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINES;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; TISSUE;

CELLS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

CELL HETEROGENEITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872264658     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.09.013     Document Type: Review

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