Finding the lost treasures in exome sequencing data
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- 作者：David C. Samuels ; Leng Han ; Jiang Li ; Sheng Quanghu ; Travis A. Clark ; Yu Shyr ; Yan Guo
- 关键词：mitochondria ; exome capture ; virus ; virus integration ; mtDNA copy number ; unmapped read
- 刊名：Trends in Genetics
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：October, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：29
- 期：10
- 页码：593-599
- 全文大小：420 K
文摘
Exome sequencing is one of the most cost-efficient sequencing approaches for conducting genome research on coding regions. However, significant portions of the reads obtained in exome sequencing come from outside of the designed target regions. These additional reads are generally ignored, potentially wasting an important source of genomic data. There are three major types of unintentionally sequenced read that can be found in exome sequencing data: reads in introns and intergenic regions, reads in the mitochondrial genome, and reads originating in viral genomes. All of these can be used for reliable data mining, extending the utility of exome sequencing. Large-scale exome sequencing data repositories, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the 1000 Genomes Project, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Exome Sequencing Project, and The Sequence Reads Archive, provide researchers with excellent secondary data-mining opportunities to study genomic data beyond the intended target regions.