Infographic: Capturing a More Complete Picture of Expression

CITE-seq draws upon the unbiased nature of single-cell RNA sequencing to gather new insights about protein and gene expression within the same cell.

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Scientists mix single cells with ADTs and encapsulate them in droplets, along with microbeads. Cell lysis within the droplet releases mRNAs and antibody-derived tags (ADT) for microbead capture before PCR amplification, size separation, and single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq).

Infographic showing how CITE-seq detects protein and gene expression in the same cell
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    Deanna earned their PhD from McGill University in 2020, studying the cellular biology of aging and cancer. In addition to a passion for telomere research, Deanna has a multidisciplinary academic background in biochemistry and a professional background in medical writing, specializing in instructional design and gamification for scientific knowledge translation. They first joined The Scientist's Creative Services team part time as an intern and then full time as an assistant science editor. Deanna is currently an associate science editor, applying their science communication enthusiasm and SEO skillset across a range of written and multimedia pieces, including supervising content creation and editing of The Scientist's Brush Up Summaries.

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