SCnorm: robust normalization of single-cell RNA-seq data.

Bacher, Rhonda; Chu, Li-Fang; Leng, Ning; Gasch, Audrey P; Thomson, James A; Stewart, Ron M; Newton, Michael; Kendziorski, Christina · Nat Methods · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The normalization of RNA-seq data is essential for accurate downstream inference, but the assumptions upon which most normalization methods are based are not applicable in the single-cell setting. Consequently, applying existing normalization methods to single-cell RNA-seq data introduces artifacts that bias downstream analyses. To address this, we introduce SCnorm for accurate and efficient normalization of single-cell RNA-seq data.

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