SBE-TAGS: An array-based method for efficient single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping

Joel N. Hirschhorn, Pamela Sklar, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Yin Mei Lim, Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez, Stacey Bolk, Bradley Langhorst, Steven Schaffner, Ellen Winchester, Eric S. Lander

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Abstract

Generating human single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is no longer a rate-limiting step for genetic studies of disease. The number of SNPs in public databases already exceeds 200,000, and the total is expected to exceed 1,000,000 within a year. Rather, progress is limited by the inability to genotype large numbers of SNPs. Current genotyping methods are suitable for studying individual loci or at most a handful at a time. Here, we describe a method for parallel genotyping of SNPs, called single base extension-tag array on glass slides, SBE-TAGS. The principle is as follows. SNPs are genotyped by single base extension (SBE), using bifunctional primers carrying a unique sequence tag in addition to a locus-specific sequence. Because each locus has a distinct tag, the genotyping reactions can be performed in a highly multiplexed fashion, and the resulting product can then be 'demultiplexed' by hybridization to the reverse complements of the sequence tags arrayed on a glass slide. SBE-TAGS is simple and inexpensive because of the high degree of multiplexing and the use of an easily generated, generic tag array. The method is also highly accurate: we genotyped over 100 SNPs, obtaining over 5,000 genotypes, with approximately 99% accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12164-12169
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume97
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 2000
Externally publishedYes

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