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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2025

Methanol fixation and tagmentation of RNA/DNA hybrids directly enable single-cell transcriptome sequencing.

Tao Xu, Yicong Xu, Ziyang An, Yiheng Li, Jiawen Yang, Weixing Zhang, Jin Xu

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Tao Xu *State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yicong Xu *State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ziyang AnState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yiheng LiState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jiawen YangState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Weixing ZhangState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jin XuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

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Objective: Single-cell transcriptome sequencing is a powerful tool for investigating cellular diversity in normal development and disease. However, prevalent methods predominantly employ 3'-end sequencing of transcripts, limiting the analysis of alternative splicing and other post-transcriptional processes. While full-length single-cell transcriptome sequencing methods, such as Smart-seq, offer more comprehensive information, but are restricted by low-throughput. To overcome these limitations, we propose a strategy that combines Methods: In this study, we utilized methanol fixation on cultured cells to evaluate RNA integrity and cellular preservation post-fixation. Results: Methanol fixation enables preservation of RNA and facilitates

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full-length transcriptomemethanol fixationRNA/DNA hybridsRNA junctionsscRNA-seq

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