Single-cell RNA-seq reveals hidden transcriptional variation in malaria parasites

eLife

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Reid, Adam J ^a   Talman, Arthur M ^a   Bennett, Hayley M ^a   Gomes, Ana R ^a   Sanders, Mandy J ^a   Illingworth, Christopher J R ^b   Billker, Oliver ^a   Berriman, Matthew ^a   Lawniczak, Mara K N ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE EVASION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85045640021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.33105     Document Type: Article

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