Cell type discovery using single-cell transcriptomics: Implications for ontological representation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue R1, 2018, Pages R40-R47

  Aevermann, Brian D ^a   Novotny, Mark ^a   Bakken, Trygve ^b   Miller, Jeremy A ^b   Diehl, Alexander D ^c   Osumi Sutherland, David ^d   Lasken, Roger S ^a   Lein, Ed S ^b   Scheuermann, Richard H ^a,e  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE CELL TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TISSUES; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIG DATA; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85048609035     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy100     Document Type: Review

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