The added value of single-cell gene expression profiling

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Ståhlberg, Anders ^a   Rusnakova, Vendula ^b   Kubista, Mikael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gene expression analysis; RT qPCR; Single cell analysis; Single cell biology; Single cell transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLS; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875786729     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt001     Document Type: Article

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