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Transcriptome sequencing of single cells with Smart-Seq

A method for performing RNA-Seq on picograms of mRNA facilitates gene expression profiling of rare cells.

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Figure 1: Methods for single-cell transcriptomics.

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Goetz, J., Trimarchi, J. Transcriptome sequencing of single cells with Smart-Seq. Nat Biotechnol 30, 763–765 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2325

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