Microfabricated bioprocessor for integrated nanoliter-scale Sanger DNA sequencing

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 9;103(19):7240-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602476103. Epub 2006 Apr 28.

Abstract

An efficient, nanoliter-scale microfabricated bioprocessor integrating all three Sanger sequencing steps, thermal cycling, sample purification, and capillary electrophoresis, has been developed and evaluated. Hybrid glass-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) wafer-scale construction is used to combine 250-nl reactors, affinity-capture purification chambers, high-performance capillary electrophoresis channels, and pneumatic valves and pumps onto a single microfabricated device. Lab-on-a-chip-level integration enables complete Sanger sequencing from only 1 fmol of DNA template. Up to 556 continuous bases were sequenced with 99% accuracy, demonstrating read lengths required for de novo sequencing of human and other complex genomes. The performance of this miniaturized DNA sequencer provides a benchmark for predicting the ultimate cost and efficiency limits of Sanger sequencing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • DNA / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nanotechnology / methods*

Substances

  • DNA