Gene length and detection bias in single cell RNA sequencing protocols

F1000Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Phipson, Belinda ^a   Zappia, Luke ^a,b   Oshlack, Alicia ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Gene detection rate; Gene length bias; Single cell RNA sequencing; Unique molecular identifiers

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING BIAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85019646718     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11290.1     Document Type: Article

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