Virtual terminator nucleotides for next-generation DNA sequencing.

Bowers, Jayson; Mitchell, Judith; Beer, Eric; Buzby, Philip R; Causey, Marie; Efcavitch, J William; Jarosz, Mirna; Krzymanska-Olejnik, Edyta et al. · Nat Methods · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We synthesized reversible terminators with tethered inhibitors for next-generation sequencing. These were efficiently incorporated with high fidelity while preventing incorporation of additional nucleotides, and we used them to sequence canine bacterial artificial chromosomes in a single-molecule system that provided even coverage for over 99% of the region sequenced. This single-molecule approach generated high-quality sequence data without the need for target amplification and thus avoided concomitant biases.

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