Genes expected to be absent, or expressed at a notably low level, in these cells, and whose absence supports the assignment of this cell annotation.
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Rationale
FLT3 is a pan-dendritic cell marker expressed across DC progenitors and mature DC subsets. Together with clustering context, FLT3 defines the dendritic cell compartment encompassing cDC1, cDC2B, activated DC, pDC, and proliferating DC subtypes.
