Single-Cell DNA-Seq and RNA-Seq in Cancer Using the C1 System

Abstract

Heterogeneous phenotypes of cancer cells enable them to adapt to various environments. The heterogeneity results from diversity of genome, transcriptome, and epigenome at a single-cell level. The C1 system can automatically perform single-cell capture and whole genome amplification (WGA) or whole transcription amplification (WTA) by MDA or Smart-Seq, respectively. Here, we describe the protocols for WGA and WTA from a single cell by using the C1 system and the protocols for sequence library preparation from amplified gDNA and cDNA. We also described about the computational analysis for single-cell data of cancer.