Stochastic profiling of transcriptional regulatory heterogeneities in tissues, tumors and cultured cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-301

  Wang, Lixin ^a   Janes, Kevin A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DENATURATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MELANOMA CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84873355312     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.158     Document Type: Article

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