Cell type-specific gene expression profiles are useful for understanding genes that are important for the development of different tissues and organs. Here, we describe how to perform fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) on Arabidopsis root protoplasts to isolate specific cell types in the root. We then detail how to extract and process RNA from a very low number of cells (≥40 cells) for RNA sequencing (RNA seq). Finally, we describe how to process RNA seq data using TopHat and how to identify differentially expressed genes using PoissonSeq.
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Clark, N. M., Fisher, A. P., & Sozzani, R. (2018). Identifying differentially expressed genes using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and RNA sequencing from low input samples. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1819, pp. 139–151). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8618-7_6
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