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Single-cell multimodal omics: the power of many

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Advances in single-cell genomics technologies have enabled investigation of the gene regulation programs of multicellular organisms at unprecedented resolution and scale. Development of single-cell multimodal omics tools is another major step toward understanding the inner workings of biological systems.

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Fig. 1: Methods for single-cell multimodal omics analysis.
Fig. 2: Challenges and opportunities in single-cell multimodal omics.

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  1. Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Chenxu Zhu & Bing Ren

  2. Center for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Sebastian Preissl & Bing Ren

  3. Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Sebastian Preissl & Bing Ren

  4. Institute of Genome Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

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