Eight Hundred-Base Sequencing in a Microfabricated Electrophoretic Device

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Abstract

The human genome will be sequenced using capillary array electrophoresis technology. Although currently achieving only 550 base reads per run, capillary arrays have increased the efficiency and lowered the cost of sequencing by eliminating gel plate preparation, reducing sample volumes, and offering automation and speed. However, much higher throughput and greater cost reductions are needed. The next major advancement in sequencing technology is expected from the development of arrays of microfabricated channels in a plate or "chip" format. For de novo sequencing, the practical utility of the microdevice approach has been limited by device length to a read of 500-600 bases per run. We demonstrate a significant milestone for a microfabricated device by obtaining an average read length of 800 bases in 80 min (98% accuracy) for either M13 standards or DNA sequencing samples from the Whitehead Institute Center for Genomic Research (WICGR) production line. This result is achieved in 40-cm-long channels using a new class of large-scale microfabricated devices. Both microfabrication of extended structures and achievement of long reads are essential steps toward a 384-lane very-large-scale microfluidic (VLSMF) system for ultrahigh-throughput DNA sequencing analysis, currently under construction in our laboratory.

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