# Ultra High-Throughput Immune Cell Analysis
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1. Single cell emulsification: Flow focusing device combines
2. **Cell lysis and mRNA capture:** The VH & VL mRNA from each cell will be *co-localized* on the Poly(dT) beads present as the emulsion droplet only contains a single cell (aka native pairing information is retained).
3. **Beads are recovered** and original emulsions are broken but we ensure that native pairing is not disrupted and the mRNA present remains associated with their original beads.
4. **Emulsion Linkage RT-PCR:** Beads are reemulsified for cDNA synthesis following their recovery. The isolated nature of this reaction allows us to recovery physically linked heavy & light chain fragments via overlap extension (linkage) RT-PCR.
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- Supports **BOTH** *high-throughput sequencing* **AND** *functional analysis* (via cloning into display systems)
- Fragment antigen-binding (Fab) is a little bit *more thermally stable* and *more native* than most single-chain fragment variable (scFV)
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