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  • Tom2013
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    • Sep 2013
    • 20

    Can I use default sequencing primers for Miseq?

    I use below PCR primers to prepare libraries for Miseq amplicon sequencing:

    i7-INDEX2-Spacer- gene_specific_Primer

    CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGAT TCGCCTTA GTCTCGTGGGCTCGG +gene_specific_Primer

    i5-INDEX2-Spacer+gene_specific_Primer
    AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACAC-CTCTCTAT-TCGTCGGCAGCGTC+gene_specific_Primer

    Compared to Nextera adapters, my primers do not include the tagmentation sequence. I tried to look up Miseq sequencing primers, but still not sure whether my adapters are compatible with Miseq sequencing primers.

    Can I use default sequencing primers in Miseq cartridge for sequencing? Does anybody know any website or document to verify that?
  • ATϟGC
    Member
    • Jun 2013
    • 56

    #2
    My guess is that you cannot use the "default" sequencing primers with your scheme.

    You appear to have directly attached your gene-specific primer sequence directly to the i5 and i7 illumina indexing primers and therefore lack the sequencing primer binding site, which is actually contained within the Nextera transposase sequence.

    Pages 3 and 4 of the following Illumina document might help you:

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    • Tom2013
      Member
      • Sep 2013
      • 20

      #3
      Originally posted by ATϟGC View Post
      My guess is that you cannot use the "default" sequencing primers with your scheme.

      You appear to have directly attached your gene-specific primer sequence directly to the i5 and i7 illumina indexing primers and therefore lack the sequencing primer binding site, which is actually contained within the Nextera transposase sequence.

      Pages 3 and 4 of the following Illumina document might help you:

      https://support.illumina.com/content...0002694-11.pdf
      Thanks a lot for your reply.
      Are there any document/post(s) mention that "the sequencing primer binding site is actually contained within the Nextera transposase sequence"?

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      • Tom2013
        Member
        • Sep 2013
        • 20

        #4
        Originally posted by ATϟGC View Post
        My guess is that you cannot use the "default" sequencing primers with your scheme.

        You appear to have directly attached your gene-specific primer sequence directly to the i5 and i7 illumina indexing primers and therefore lack the sequencing primer binding site, which is actually contained within the Nextera transposase sequence.

        Pages 3 and 4 of the following Illumina document might help you:

        https://support.illumina.com/content...0002694-11.pdf
        You are right!

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