A step-by-step workflow for low-level analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data with Bioconductor

F1000Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lun, Aaron T L ^a   McCarthy, Davis J ^b,c   Marioni, John C ^a,b,d  

^a CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioconductor; Bioinformatics; RNA seq; Single cell; Workflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85084956732     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9501.2     Document Type: Article

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