Integrated view of genome structure and sequence of a single DNA molecule in a nanofluidic device

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Mar 26;110(13):4893-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1214570110. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Abstract

We show how a bird's-eye view of genomic structure can be obtained at ∼1-kb resolution from long (∼2 Mb) DNA molecules extracted from whole chromosomes in a nanofluidic laboratory-on-a-chip. We use an improved single-molecule denaturation mapping approach to detect repetitive elements and known as well as unique structural variation. Following its mapping, a molecule of interest was rescued from the chip; amplified and localized to a chromosome by FISH; and interrogated down to 1-bp resolution with a commercial sequencer, thereby reconciling haplotype-phased chromosome substructure with sequence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Mapping* / instrumentation
  • Chromosome Mapping* / methods
  • Chromosomes, Human* / chemistry
  • Chromosomes, Human* / genetics
  • DNA* / chemistry
  • DNA* / genetics
  • Genome, Human*
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / instrumentation
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / methods
  • Male
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques* / methods

Substances

  • DNA