An Automated Microwell Platform for Large-Scale Single Cell RNA-Seq

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yuan, Jinzhou ^a   Sims, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84988884535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33883     Document Type: Article

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