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Ori Heyman1, Dror Yehezkel1, Camilla Ciolli Mattioli1

  • 1Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

概括

我们开发了scPAIR-seq,这是一种新的单细胞方法,用于分析细菌毒性因素和感染期间宿主免疫反应. 这种方法揭示了细菌突变物如何影响宿主细胞,进步了我们对感染动态的理解.

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