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ArticleGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2008

Bacterial artificial chromosome-emulation oligonucleotide arrays for targeted clinical array-comparative genomic hybridization analyses.

Zhishuo Ou, Sung-Hae L Kang, Chad A Shaw, Condie E Carmack, Lisa D White, Ankita Patel, Arthur L Beaudet, Sau Wai Cheung, A Craig Chinault

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Article in Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhishuo OuDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Sung-Hae L Kang
Chad A Shaw
Condie E Carmack
Lisa D White
Ankita Patel
Arthur L Beaudet
Sau Wai Cheung
A Craig Chinault
Baylor College of Medicine · USAgilent Technologies (United States) · US

Funding

Human neurobehavioral phenotypes associates with the extended PWS/AS domainR01HD037283 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BEAUDET, ARTHUR L. · 1999 to 2014
$8.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD037283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe goal of this work was to test the ability of oligonucleotide-based arrays to reproduce the results of focused bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based arrays used clinically in comparative genomic hybridization experiments to detect constitutional copy number changes in genomic DNA.

methodsCustom oligonucleotide (oligo) arrays were designed using the Agilent Technologies platform to give high-resolution coverage of regions within the genome sequence coordinates of BAC/P1 artificial chromosome (PAC) clones that had already been validated for use in previous versions of clone arrays used in clinical practice. Standard array-comparative genomic hybridization experiments, including a simultaneous blind analysis of a set of clinical samples, were conducted on both array platforms to identify copy number differences between patient samples and normal reference controls.

resultsInitial experiments successfully demonstrated the capacity of oligo arrays to emulate BAC data without the need for dye-reversal comparisons. Empirical data and computational analyses of oligo response and distribution from a pilot array were used to design an optimized array of 44,000 oligos (44K). This custom 44K oligo array consists of probes localized to the genomic positions of >1400 fluorescence in situ hybridization-verified BAC/PAC clones covering more than 140 regions implicated in genetic diseases, as well as all clinically relevant subtelomeric and pericentromeric regions.

conclusionsOur data demonstrate that oligo-based arrays offer a valid alternative for focused BAC arrays. Furthermore, they have significant advantages, including better design flexibility, avoidance of repetitive sequences, manufacturing processes amenable to good manufacturing practice standards in the future, increased robustness because of an enhanced dynamic range (signal to background), and increased resolution that allows for detection of smaller regions of change.

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Chromosomes, Artificial, BacterialGene DosageHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceNucleic Acid HybridizationOligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis

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PMID18414211
PMCPMC2782565
OpenAlexW2056113180

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