Counting absolute numbers of molecules using unique molecular identifiers (original) (raw)
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- Anna Vähärautio1,3 na1,
- Kasper Karlsson4,
- Martin Bonke1,
- Martin Enge3,
- Sten Linnarsson4 &
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- Jussi Taipale3
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Counting individual RNA or DNA molecules is difficult because they are hard to copy quantitatively for detection. To overcome this limitation, we applied unique molecular identifiers (UMIs), which make each molecule in a population distinct, to genome-scale human karyotyping and mRNA sequencing in Drosophila melanogaster. Use of this method can improve accuracy of almost any next-generation sequencing method, including chromatin immunoprecipitation–sequencing, genome assembly, diagnostics and manufacturing-process control and monitoring.
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We thank M. Taipale, H. Secher Lindroos, E. Ukkonen and T. Whitington for critical review of the manuscript, and E. Iwarsson (Karolinska University Hospital) for the trisomy-21 DNA. This work was supported by European Research Council project Growth Control, Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher's projects 122197 and 134073, and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research grant MDB09-0052.
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- Teemu Kivioja and Anna Vähärautio: These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Genome-Scale Biology Program, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Teemu Kivioja, Anna Vähärautio & Martin Bonke - Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Teemu Kivioja - Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Teemu Kivioja, Anna Vähärautio, Martin Enge & Jussi Taipale - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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S.L., J.T., A.V., T.K. and M.E. conceived and designed experiments. A.V., K.K. and M.B. performed biological experiments. S.L., J.T., A.V. and T.K. analyzed data. J.T., A.V., T.K., M.E. and S.L. wrote the paper.
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S.L. and J.T. have submitted a patent application on the absolute molecule counting method (UK patent application 1016608.0).
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Kivioja, T., Vähärautio, A., Karlsson, K. et al. Counting absolute numbers of molecules using unique molecular identifiers.Nat Methods 9, 72–74 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1778
- Received: 10 March 2011
- Accepted: 27 September 2011
- Published: 20 November 2011
- Issue Date: January 2012
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1778