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Accurately discover and detect all variant types even in the hardest to reach regions of the genome
Targeted Sequencing
Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) Sequencing and the Sequel Systems allow you to easily and cost effectively generate highly accurate long reads (>99% single-molecule read accuracy) from genes or regions of interest ranging in size from several hundred base pairs to 20 kb. With SMRT Sequencing you can:
- Detect all variant types including structural variants, rare SNPs, indels, copy number variation, microsatellites, haplotypes, and phased alleles
- Sequence through low complexity regions like repeat expansions, promoters, and flanking regions of transposable elements
Explore further with workflows and tools for targeted sequencing customized for your research focus
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Learn more about workflows for these types of targeted sequencing
- No-Amp targeted sequencing – enrich and sequence hard-to-amplify genomic regions
- HLA Sequencing – detect and phase variation without imputation
Selected Resources
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- Vasan, Neil et al. (2019) Double PIK3CA mutations in cis increase oncogenicity and sensitivity to PI3Ka inhibitors. Science
- Hsieh, PingHsun et al. (2019) Adaptive archaic introgression of copy number variants and the discovery of previously unknown human genes Science
- Mitsuhashi, Satomi et al. (2019) Long-read sequencing for rare human genetic diseases. Journal of human genetics
- Van de Weyer, Anna-Lena et al. (2019) A Species-Wide Inventory of NLR Genes and Alleles in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell
- Ishiura, Hiroyuki et al. (2019) Noncoding CGG repeat expansions in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease, oculopharyngodistal myopathy and an overlapping disease. Nature genetics
- Wieben, Eric D et al. (2019) Amplification-free long-read sequencing of TCF4 expanded trinucleotide repeats in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. PloS one
- Novák, Karel et al. (2019) Potential of TLR-gene diversity in Czech indigenous cattle for resistance breeding as revealed by hybrid sequencing Archives Animal Breeding
- Kao, Tzu-Tong et al. (2019) Low-copy nuclear sequence data confirm complex patterns of farina evolution in notholaenid ferns (Pteridaceae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
- Iyer, Sukanya et al. (2019) Precise therapeutic gene correction by a simple nuclease-induced double-stranded break. Nature
- Sierra, Johanna C et al. (2019) a-Difluoromethylornithine reduces gastric carcinogenesis by causing mutations in Helicobacter pylori cagY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Beck, Christine R et al. (2019) Megabase Length Hypermutation Accompanies Human Structural Variation at 17p11.2. Cell
- Mayor, Neema P et al. (2019) Recipients receiving better HLA-matched hematopoietic cell transplantation grafts, uncovered by a novel HLA typing method, have superior survival: A retrospective study Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- Hafford-Tear, Nathaniel J et al. (2019) CRISPR/Cas9-targeted enrichment and long-read sequencing of the Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy-associated TCF4 triplet repeat. Genetics in medicine
- Wang, Yang et al. (2019) Identification of a Xist silencing domain by Tiling CRISPR. Scientific reports
- Hoff, Siv Nam Khang et al. (2019) Long-read sequence capture of the haemoglobin gene clusters across codfish species. Molecular ecology resources
- Zablotskaya, Alena et al. (2018) Mapping the landscape of tandem repeat variability by targeted long read single molecule sequencing in familial X-linked intellectual disability. BMC medical genomics
- Cumming, Sarah A et al. (2018) De novo repeat interruptions are associated with reduced somatic instability and mild or absent clinical features in myotonic dystrophy type 1. European journal of human genetics
- Suzuki, Shingo et al. (2018) Reference grade characterization of polymorphisms in full-length HLA class I and II genes with short-read sequencing on the Ion PGM system and long-reads generated by Single Molecule, Real-time Sequencing on the PacBio platform Frontiers in immunology
- Kondratyev, Nikolay et al. (2018) Prediction of smoking by multiplex bisulfite PCR with long amplicons considering allele-specific effects on DNA methylation. Clinical epigenetics
- O'Brien, Sofie A et al. (2018) Single copy transgene integration in a transcriptionally active site for recombinant protein synthesis. Biotechnology journal
- Castellanos, Mildred et al. (2018) A Borrelia burgdorferi mini-vls system that undergoes antigenic switching in mice: investigation of the role of plasmid topology and the long inverted repeat. Molecular microbiology
- Bull, Simon E et al. (2018) Accelerated ex situ breeding of GBSS- and PTST1-edited cassava for modified starch. Science advances
- Song, Janet H T et al. (2018) Characterization of a human-specific tandem repeat associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. American journal of human genetics
- Höijer, Ida et al. (2018) Detailed analysis of HTT repeat elements in human blood using targeted amplification-free long-read sequencing. Human mutation
- Ebbert, Mark T W et al. (2018) Long-read sequencing across the C9orf72 ‘GGGGCC’ repeat expansion: implications for clinical use and genetic discovery efforts in human disease. Molecular neurodegeneration
- Kosicki, Michael et al. (2018) Repair of double-strand breaks induced by CRISPR-Cas9 leads to large deletions and complex rearrangements. Nature biotechnology
- Prokopuk, Lexie et al. (2018) Loss of maternal EED results in postnatal overgrowth. Clinical epigenetics
- Bultitude, W P et al. (2018) KIR2DL1 allele sequence extensions and discovery of 2DL1*0010102 and 2DL1*0010103 alleles by DNA sequencing. HLA
- Verhey, Theodore B et al. (2018) Antigenic variation in the lyme spirochete: Insights into recombinational switching with a suggested role for error-prone repair. Cell reports
- Ardui, Simon et al. (2018) Detecting AGG interruptions in females with a FMR1 premutation by long-read Single-Molecule Sequencing: A 1 year clinical experience. Frontiers in genetics
- Cousin, Margot A et al. (2018) Utility of DNA, RNA, protein, and functional approaches to solve cryptic immunodeficiencies. Journal of clinical immunology
- Wenzel, Andrea et al. (2018) Single molecule real time sequencing in ADTKD-MUC1 allows complete assembly of the VNTR and exact positioning of causative mutations. Scientific reports
- Borel, Florie et al. (2018) Editing out five Serpina1 paralogs to create a mouse model of genetic emphysema. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Aneichyk, Tatsiana et al. (2018) Dissecting the causal mechanism of X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism by integrating genome and transcriptome assembly. Cell
- Poster: Tsai, Yu-Chih et al. (2020) Amplification-free protocol for targeted enrichment of repeat expansion genomic regions and SMRT Sequencing
- Poster: Neveling, K. et al. (2019) The value of long read amplicon sequencing for clinical applications
- Poster: van Min, M. et al. (2019) TLA & long-read sequencing: Efficient targeted sequencing and phasing of the CFTR gene
- Poster: Ekholm, J. et al. (2019) Sequencing the previously unsequenceable using amplification-free targeted enrichment powered by CRISPR/Cas9
- Poster: Larrea, Andres et al. (2018) A simple segue from Sanger to high-throughput SMRT Sequencing with a M13 barcoding system
- Poster: McLaughlin, Ian et al. (2018) No-amp targeted SMRT sequencing using a CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment method
- Poster: Ekholm, J. et al. (2018) Amplification-free, CRISPR-Cas9 targeted enrichment and SMRT Sequencing of repeat-expansion disease causative genomic regions
- Poster: Ranade, S. et al. (2018) High-throughput SMRT Sequencing of clinically relevant targets
- Poster: Clark, Tyson A. et al. (2018) Amplification-free targeted enrichment and SMRT Sequencing of repeat-expansion genomic regions
- Poster: Chakraborty, Shreyasee et al. (2018) Mitochondrial DNA sequencing using PacBio SMRT technology
- Poster: McLaughlin, I., et al. (2017) Targeted sequencing using a long-read sequencing technology
- Poster: Clark, Tyson A. et al. (2017) Targeted enrichment without amplification and SMRT Sequencing of repeat-expansion disease causative genomic regions
- Poster: Ekholm, J. et al. (2017) Screening for causative structural variants in neurological disorders using long-read sequencing
- Poster: Baybayan, P. et al. (2017) Detection of low-frequency somatic variants using Single-Molecule, Real-Time Sequencing
- Poster: Kujawa, Steve et al. (2017) A method for the identification of variants in Alzheimer’s disease candidate genes and transcripts using hybridization capture combined with long-read sequencing
- Poster: Ekholm, Jenny et al. (2017) Screening and characterization of causative structural variants for bipolar disorder in a significantly linked chromosomal region onXq24-q27 in an extended pedigree from a genetic isolate
- Poster: Clark, T. A. et al. (2017) Targeted SMRT Sequencing of difficult regions of the genome using a Cas9, non-amplification based method
- Korlach, Jonas and Graves-Lindsay, Tina and Vierra, Michelle (2020) PacBio Workshop: Understanding the biology of genomes with HiFi sequencing
- Ashby, Meredith (2020) Webinar: Opportunities for using PacBio long-read sequencing for COVID-19 research
- Ellis, Ethan (2019) User Group Meeting: Targeted PacBio Sequencing using Sage HLS-CATCH
- (2019) Video: Explore the PacBio No-Amp targeted sequencing application
- Aro, Lori and Heiner, Cheryl (2019) Webinar: Amplicon sequencing with confidence – High-fidelity, long-read PacBio sequencing solutions
- Scott, Stuart (2018) ASHG PacBio Workshop: Amplicon SMRT Sequencing applications in human genetics
- Song, Janet (2018) ASHG PacBio Workshop: Characterization of a large, human-specific tandem repeat array associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
- Pillai, Nisha (2018) Webinar: Assessing the targeted regions using a PacBio Amplicon analysis applications
- McFarland, Karen (2017) ASHG PacBio Workshop: Expansion sequence variations underlie distinct disease phenotypes in SCA10
- Korlach, Jonas (2017) ASHG PacBio Workshop: PacBio applications updates & future roadmap
- Ranade, Swati (2017) Webinar: A paradigm shift in HLA sequencing: from exons to high-resolution allele-level HLA yyping
- Korlach, Jonas (2017) Webinar: Addressing “NGS Dead Zones” with third generation PacBio sequencing
- Kujawa, Steve (2017) Webinar: PacBio targeted sequencing of long amplicons using PCR or hybrid capture
- Singh, Siddharth (2017) Webinar: Beginner’s guide to PacBio SMRT Sequencing data analysis
- Turner, Stephen (2017) Webinar: An introduction to PacBio’s long-read sequencing & how it has been used to make important scientific discoveries
- Cereb, Nezih (2017) AGBT PacBio Workshop: High-throughput HLA class I whole gene and HLA class II long range typing on PacBio RSII and Sequel Platforms
- Ameur, Adam (2017) AGBT Virtual Poster: Analysis method for amplification-free SMRT sequencing and assessment on repeat expansions in Huntington’s disease
- Clark, T. A. and Tsai, Y. and Greenberg, D. (2017) AGBT Virtual Poster: Targeted SMRT Sequencing of difficult regions of the genome using a Cas9, non-amplification based method
- (2017) Tutorial: Long amplicon analysis application [SMRT Link v5.0.0]
- Wing, Rod (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: Introducing 5 new high-quality PacBio genome assemblies for rice to help solve the 10-billion people question
- Application Brochure: HiFi reads for highly accurate long-read sequencing (2020)
- Application Brochure: What can you do with one SMRT Cell? (2020)
- Case Study: Diving Deep – Revealing the mysteries of marine life with SMRT Sequencing (2019)
- SMRT Sequencing Brochure: Delivering highly accurate long reads to drive discovery in life science (2019)
- Application Brief: No-Amp targeted sequencing – Best Practices (2019)
- Application Brief: Targeted sequencing for amplicons – Best Practices (2019)
- PacBio Certified Service Providers (2019)
- Sequel II System Brochure: Delivering highly accurate long reads (2019)
- Cancer Brochure: Sequence cancer variants with confidence (2019)
- SMRT Analysis Brochure: Gain a deeper understanding of your sequencing data (2018)