US Patent:
20130123117, May 16, 2013
Inventors:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio - Palo Alto CA, US
Georges Natsoulis - Kensington CA, US
Hanlee P. Ji - Stanford CA, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
Disclosed is an efficient and scalable method for targeted resequencing and variant identification of nucleic acids such as genomic DNA found in single stranded, fragmented form, such as in a clinical sample of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. The method uses a large number of capture probes mixed with the sample in the presence of a 5′ to 3′ exonuclease, a 3′ to 5′ exonuclease, a ligase, and a universal amplification oligonucleotide that hybridizes to the various capture probes. The nucleases act on ssDNA, not dsDNA. A single stranded circle is formed by the ligase, and is then amplified to produce a population (library) of double stranded linear DNA molecules that are suitable for sequencing. It is shown that the library produces a high degree of fidelity to the original sample, and predictable base changes are shown.