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  • Marius
    8armed
    • Dec 2010
    • 30

    #1

    Targeted sequencing of large genomic fagments (100 kb) with NGS

    Hi everyone,

    I'm looking for a protocol that describes how to sequence in many individuals a specific stretch of DNA of about 100 kb.

    My idea is to PCR amplify this genomic sequence by performing simple, mutliple PCRs with ovelapping products. Since I have a reference genome, primer design won't be any problem. Then, I would simply shear these PCR products to the appropriate fragment size (depending on the platform) and ligate an adapter to them. This I would do seperately for every individual specimen. In case of a HiSeq Illumina platform, I would shear individual PCR products to a length of about 100 bp and ligate an adapter to them that holds the Illumina primer site and a specific barcode. Afterwards I would pool these sheared-barcode-ligated PCR products of many individuals and sequence on a HiSeq.
    Once I get the data, I could then make alignments for every individual (the individual specimen can be inferred by looking at the barcode), which I guess shouldn't have any gaps if I have enough reads per indidivuals available, since reads will overlap (by chance event du to rndom shearing of PCR products).

    This is just how I would do it.

    Now, PLEASE, I'm looking for any protocols that tell me how to sequence such long-stretch DNA from mutliple individuals on a NGS machine. Can be Roche 454 or Illumina or any other NGS platform. It can be anything like I tried to describe above or a completely different approach.
    Thank you for ideas, protocols, relevant papers etc.!
    Last edited by Marius; 12-19-2011, 12:38 PM.
  • krobison
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 734

    #2
    Have you looked into the Halo Genomics selector technology? This is probably around its sweet spot. If you wish to look at a very large number of individuals, Rain Dance might be a possibility as well.

    Any of the capture oligo technologies (Illumina, Agilent, Nimblegen, etc) can operate in this range, of course. You haven't said how big "multiple" is, which could have a huge impact on picking a technology.

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    • Marius
      8armed
      • Dec 2010
      • 30

      #3
      I haven't loooked at these technologies yet..

      Regarding "multiple": about 120 individuals, 100 kB each, with a good coverage if possible (50 x or so). Preferentially, I would have a single (ungapped) assembly of these 100bk for each indidivual specimen to then call SNPs..

      Since I have easily access to an Illumina platform (HiSeq) and a Roche 454 platform (preferentially Illumina): is there a reliable to way to do this on these platforms?

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      • Cofactor Genomics
        Registered Vendor
        • Jan 2010
        • 52

        #4
        Hello,
        Here is a paper that I was on which involved the capture of ~8kb fragments, however it could easily be adapted to capture 100kb. It takes a little more upfront work, but will provide many aliquots for capture.



        Regards,

        Jon

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        • Marius
          8armed
          • Dec 2010
          • 30

          #5
          Thank you!!! I actually found this kit by Illumina: TruSeq Custom Amplicon (TSCA).

          Does anyone have experience with it? Is it well suited to e.g. sequence 4 different 96kb genomic fragments in multiple specimens? How is the quality? Coverage? - I'm happy for any experience and comments!

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