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We demonstrate subassembly, an in vitro library construction method that extends the utility of short-read sequencing platforms to applications requiring long, accurate reads. A long DNA fragment library is converted to a population of nested sublibraries, and a tag sequence directs grouping of short reads derived from the same long fragment, enabling localized assembly of long fragment sequences. Subassembly may facilitate accurate de novo genome assembly and metagenome sequencing.
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Figure 1: Schematic of subassembly process.

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Figure 2: Evaluation of subassembly performance.

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We thank L. Chistoserdova and M.G. Kalyuzhnaya (University of Washington) for the gift of the methylamine-enriched metagenomic DNA sample, C. Manoil (University of Washington) for the gift of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 genomic DNA and P. Green for helpful discussions. J.B.H. is supported by US National Institutes of Health grant T32GM007266 and an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists fellowship.
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- Joseph B Hiatt and Rupali P Patwardhan: These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Joseph B Hiatt, Rupali P Patwardhan, Emily H Turner, Choli Lee & Jay Shendure
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- Joseph B Hiatt
- Rupali P Patwardhan
- Emily H Turner
- Choli Lee
- Jay Shendure
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E.H.T. and J.S. conceived the initial approach. All authors contributed to subsequent experimental design. J.B.H. and E.H.T. developed library construction methods. C.L. performed Illumina sequencing. R.P.P. developed the subassembly computational pipeline and iterative scaffolding algorithm. J.B.H., R.P.P. and J.S. analyzed data. All authors contributed to writing of the manuscript. J.S. supervised all aspects of the study.
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Correspondence toJoseph B Hiatt or Jay Shendure.
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J.S., J.B.H., R.P.P. and E.H.T. are authors of a patent application for the method described in this paper (US Provisional Application number 61/096,720).
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Hiatt, J., Patwardhan, R., Turner, E. et al. Parallel, tag-directed assembly of locally derived short sequence reads.Nat Methods 7, 119–122 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1416
- Received: 14 October 2009
- Accepted: 16 December 2009
- Published: 17 January 2010
- Issue date: February 2010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1416