Integrative single-cell analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic states in the human adult brain

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 70-80

  Lake, Blue B ^a   Chen, Song ^a   Sos, Brandon C ^a,b   Fan, Jean ^c   Kaeser, Gwendolyn E ^b,d   Yung, Yun C ^d   Duong, Thu E ^a,e   Gao, Derek ^a   Chun, Jerold ^d   Kharchenko, Peter V ^c   Zhang, Kun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; DATA INTEGRATION;

CELLULAR POPULATIONS; CELLULAR PROCESS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; SINGLECELL ANALYSIS;

CYTOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; EPIGENETICS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL TRANSPOSOME HYPERSENSITIVE SITE SEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEUS DROPLET BASED SEQUENCING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSPOSON; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 85040463710     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4038     Document Type: Article

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