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Published on: June 21, 2018
Novel Plexor SNP genotyping technology: comparisons with TaqMan and homogenous MassEXTEND MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
E A Tindall1, G Speight, D C Petersen
1Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Abstract:
Analysis of SNPs for association, linkage, haplotype, and pharmacogenetic studies has led to a dramatic increase in the number and evolution of medium- to high-throughput genotyping technologies. This study introduces Plexor as a new method for medium-throughput (single SNP) genotyping. We compare this fluorescent-based chemistry for call rate, accuracy, affordability, throughput, and overall efficiency against two commonly used technologies. These include fluorescent-based TaqMan allelic discrimination for single SNP analysis (medium-throughput) and the homogenous MassEXTEND (hME) chemistry using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry for multiple SNP analysis (high-throughput). Analysis of 11 SNPs, including all six possible nucleotide substitutions, showed Plexor to be highly comparable for both call rate (94.7%) and accuracy (99.2%) to the TaqMan (94.6% and 99.8%, respectively) and hME (91.9% and 98.1%, respectively) chemistries. We demonstrate that this novel method is an efficient, cost-effective alternative to TaqMan genotyping commonly used in diagnostic settings.
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