Today, as they correct errors in the human genome sequence and work to sequence the genomes of other species , researchers are increasingly using a newer, single-nucleotide addition SNA method of DNA sequencing called pyrosequencing Hyman, or sequencing after the name of the Roche-owned company that developed it.
In pyrosequencing, the number of individual nucleotides is limited to the point at which DNA synthesis pauses. Then, unlike with the Sanger method, chain elongation can be resumed with the addition of nucleotides.
A tiny amount of visible light is generated by enzymatic action as each nucleotide is added to a growing chain; this light is recorded as a series of peaks called a pyrogram, which corresponds to the order of the lettered nucleotides that are added and ultimately reveals the underlying DNA sequence Metzker, Thus, by correlating when a sample flashes with the nucleotide that is present at that time, researchers can sequence a stretch of DNA Figure 3.
In its commercial version, sequencing can read up to 20 million bases per run by applying the pyrosequencing technique on picotiter plates that facilitate sequencing of large amounts of DNA at low cost compared to earlier methods. Because the method does not rely on cloning template DNA, the read is more consistent that is, it doesn't skip unclonable segments such as heterochromatin.
However, one major drawback to the pyrosequencing approach is incomplete extension through homopolymers, or simple repeats of the same nucleotide e. Each read is only about base pairs long at this time, making it difficult for scientists to differentiate between repeated regions longer than this length.
However, pyrosequencing is improving quickly, and new machines can generate base pair sequence reads. As the previous sections illustrate, sequencing technologies both old and new have brought us information about many genomes.
Beginning in the s, the Sanger process made it possible for researchers to sequence stretches of DNA at speeds never before possible. Further refinement and automation of this process continued to increase sequencing rates, thereby allowing researchers to reach major milestones in the Human Genome Project well ahead of schedule. Today, newer pyrosequencing methods have drastically cut the cost of sequencing and may eventually allow every person the possibility of personalized genome information.
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Most automatic sequencing machines have a design based closely on the original, manual sequencing process. To run the machine, a technician pours gel into the space between two glass plates set less than half a millimeter two-hundredths of an inch apart. As the DNA pieces move through the gel, the sequencing machine reads the order of DNA bases and stores this information in its computer memory. But just like the slab-gel machines, capillary machines read the base sequence as DNA moves through the gel.
Capillary sequencers can sequence each piece of DNA about twice as fast as slab-gel machines. Most large-scale sequencing projects use a combination of slab-gel and capillary machines. Sequencing machines can't "see" DNA directly, so scientists must use a complex set of procedures to prepare DNA for sequencing.
When DNA is finally in a form that the machines can read, it has been chopped up, copied, chemically modified, and tagged with fluorescent dyes corresponding to the four different DNA bases, or genetic letters. Before it is sequenced, a piece of DNA is copied many times, then divided into four batches in preparation for another round of copying.
When one of these modified bases is incorporated into a DNA molecule, the chain of bases stops growing. The result of all this is that one batch of DNA will contain only pieces that end in T, another only pieces that end in A, a third only pieces that end in G, and the fourth batch only pieces that end in C.
In the second round of copying, a different fluorescent dye is also added to each batch of DNA. Thus, every piece of DNA that ends with T has a blue dye tag, for example; those that end in A have a red dye tag; those that end in G have a yellow dye tag; and those that end in C have a green dye tag.
At the end of the second round of copying, each batch will contain the following pieces of DNA:. The first step in this sequencing technique is to break up the DNA into more manageable fragments of around to base pairs. The DNA fragments attached to adaptors are then made single stranded. This is done by incubating the fragments with sodium hydroxide. Once prepared, the DNA fragments are washed across the flowcell. When sequenced, each cluster of DNA molecules will emit a signal that is strong enough to be detected by a camera.
Unlabelled nucleotide bases and DNA polymerase are then added to lengthen and join the strands of DNA attached to the flowcell. Primers and fluorescently -labelled terminators terminators are a version of nucleotide base — A, C, G or T - that stop DNA synthesis are added to the flowcell. The primer attaches to the DNA being sequenced. The DNA polymerase then binds to the primer and adds the first fluorescently-labelled terminator to the new DNA strand.
Once a base has been added no more bases can be added to the strand of DNA until the terminator base is cut from the DNA. Lasers are passed over the flowcell to activate the fluorescent label on the nucleotide base. This fluorescence is detected by a camera and recorded on a computer.
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