The workflow of single-cell expression profiling using quantitative real-time PCR

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-331

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TATAA Biocenter   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

gene expression profiling; preamplification; RT qPCR; single cell analysis; single cell biology; single cell workflow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMBIGUITY; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84896965396     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.2014.901154     Document Type: Review

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