Single cell analysis of cancer genomes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-91

  Van Loo, Peter ^a,b   Voet, Thierry ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL ASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIPLE DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84896286643     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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