Genetics and immunity in the era of single-cell genomics

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue R2, 2016, Pages R141-R148

  Vieira Braga, Felipe A ^a   Teichmann, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL GENOMICS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

EID: 84994065736     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw192     Document Type: Review

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