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. 1999 Mar 15;27(6):1539–1546. doi: 10.1093/nar/27.6.1539

High throughput direct end sequencing of BAC clones.

J M Kelley 1, C E Field 1, M B Craven 1, D Bocskai 1, U J Kim 1, S D Rounsley 1, M D Adams 1
PMCID: PMC148350  PMID: 10037818

Abstract

Libraries constructed in bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) vectors have become the choice for clone sets in high throughput genomic sequencing projects primarily because of their high stability. BAC libraries have been proposed as a source for minimally over-lapping clones for sequencing large genomic regions, and the use of BAC end sequences (i.e. sequences adjoining the insert sites) has been proposed as a primary means for selecting minimally overlapping clones for sequencing large genomic regions. For this strategy to be effective, high throughput methods for BAC end sequencing of all the clones in deep coverage BAC libraries needed to be developed. Here we describe a low cost, efficient, 96 well procedure for BAC end sequencing. These methods allow us to generate BAC end sequences from human and Arabidoposis libraries with an average read length of >450 bases and with a single pass sequencing average accuracy of >98%. Application of BAC end sequences in genomic sequen-cing is discussed.

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