Joint profiling of multiple modalities in the same cell is challenging. We developed a method with a modular design to enable the simultaneous detection of chromatin accessibility and the transcriptome within single cells with flexible throughput.
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This is a summary of: Xu, W. et al. ISSAAC-seq enables sensitive and flexible multimodal profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression in single cells. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01601-4 (2022).
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Sensitive, flexible and modular single-cell multi-omics profiling with ISSAAC-seq. Nat Methods 19, 1183–1184 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01600-5
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