DNA Sequencing by Hybridization Using Microarrays on DNA Chips
The main objective of several genome projects is the large scale sequence analysis of genomes and its application to individual case studies in medicine and research. Sequencing by hybridization for detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using DNA microchips was developed to meet this objective. A sequencing microchip is developed either by parallel synthesis of a complete set of 8-mers (i.e. 48 = 65536) on a solid support (consult Chapter 5 for details). The dimension of the microchip can be further reduced by using printing technology and robotics. The technique involves hybridization of a short DNA fragment of unknown sequence with a set of short oligonucleotides, particularly 8-mers of known sequences.


