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Human SRMAtlas: a resource of targeted assays to quantify the complete human proteome

Kusebauch, U. et al. Cell 166, 766–778 (2016)

A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex

Glasser, M.F. et al. Nature 536, 171–178 (2016)

Targeted epigenetic remodeling of endogenous loci by CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activators directly converts fibroblasts to neuronal cells

Black, J.B. et al. Cell Stem Cell 10.1016/j.stem.2016.07.001 (2016)

Inter-individual variability and genetic influences on cytokine responses to bacteria and fungi

Li, Y. et al. Nat. Med. 22, 952–960 (2016)

Tunable single-cell extraction for molecular analyses

Guillaume-Gentil, O. et al. Cell 166, 506–516 (2016)