LEAP: constructing gene co-expression networks for single-cell RNA-sequencing data using pseudotime ordering.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860270 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
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LEAP: constructing gene co-expression networks for single-cell RNA-sequencing data using pseudotime ordering.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20170301 5
<h4>Summary</h4>To construct gene co-expression networks based on single-cell RNA-Sequencing data, we present an algorithm called LEAP, which utilizes the estimated pseudotime of the cells to find gene co-expression that involves time delay.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>R package LEAP available on CRAN.<h4>Contact</h4>jun.li@nd.edu.<h4>Supplementary information</h4>Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online. ...[more]
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