Single-cell RNA-sequencing uncovers transcriptional states and fate decisions in haematopoiesis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Athanasiadis, Emmanouil I ^a,b   Botthof, Jan G ^a,b   Andres, Helena ^a   Ferreira, Lauren ^a,b,c   Lio, Pietro ^a   Cvejic, Ana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SINGLE CELL RNA SEQ; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROID CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL LINEAGE; ERYTHROID CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 85040909851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02305-6     Document Type: Article

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