Single cell RNA-seq analysis of head and neck cancer
Itay Tirosh
2017
2017/11/30
United States, Cabin John
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
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To understand the diversity of expression states within head and neck cancers, we profiled 5902 single cells from 18 patients with oral cavity tumors by single cell RNA-seq
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