Population transcriptomics with single-cell resolution: A new field made possible by microfluidics: A technology for high throughput transcript counting and data-driven definition of cell types

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-140

  Plessy, Charles ^a   Desbois, Linda ^b,c   Fujii, Teruo ^b,c   Carninci, Piero ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

High throughput; Microfluidics; Population; Single cells; Transcript counting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; SURFACTANT; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIMENTIN; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRONICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION TRANSCRIPTOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

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EID: 84872396021     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200093     Document Type: Article

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