Single-cell RNA-Seq resolves cellular complexity in sensory organs from the neonatal inner ear

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Burns, Joseph C ^a   Kelly, Michael C ^a   Hoa, Michael ^a   Morell, Robert J ^a   Kelley, Matthew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RNA; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

MUS;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LABYRINTH SUPPORTING CELLS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VESTIBULAR HAIR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; LABYRINTH SUPPORTING CELLS; MALE; MICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84944341559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9557     Document Type: Article

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