Exponential scaling of single-cell RNA-seq in the past decade

Nature Protocols

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 599-604

  Svensson, Valentine ^a,b   Vento Tormo, Roser ^b   Teichmann, Sarah A ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AUTOMATION; CELL ISOLATION; DNA BARCODING; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL RNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTORY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85044252958     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.149     Document Type: Review

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