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  • Amplicon Sequencing with Nextera Prep & MiniSeq: Tandem Repeats?

    Hi Everyone,

    I'm sequencing PCR amplicons generated from gDNA (HIV proviruses). I've noticed something unusual that appears in a handful of the samples I've sequenced, even my controls (PCR-amplified plasmid).

    The following sequence appears in tandem array in approximately 5% of my samples, and is supported by a significant number reads, generally more than 100 reads. The tandem repeat appears to be present exclusively at the end of a read, though the entire string of bases has >Q30. The kicker: the sequence IS present in wildtype HIV, but only once. This leads me to believe that a duplicate is somehow being generated during library prep or sequencing.

    Present in wildtype HIV: TAATACCAATAGTAG

    Tandem Array (n=2): TAATACCAATAGTAG-TAATACCAATAGTAG

    I'm going to rule out my PCR amplification step by sequencing control plasmid directly - if the tandem repeat still occurs, then it is undoubtedly a result of library prep or sequencing.

    I do not see this sequence present in Nextera XT indexes or Nextera adapter sequence, nor is it present in my PCR primers. I'm stumped - has anyone seen this before in their own work? I am aware of template switching during PCR, but I don't see any sequencing homology that would allow a duplication of this repeat to occur.

    Thanks
    Jake

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