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Macrogen has served over 10 years in sequencing field using the cutting edge technology and delivering fast and reliable results. We use state-of-the-art high throughput Applied Biosystems 3730XL sequencers.
We sequence all kinds of cloned DNAs (plasmids, cosmid, phages, BACs) as well as PCR-products.
Macrogen provides a high quality DNA Sequencing service for academics, government, research institutions and private companies at Very Competitive Price.
Please contact us for any inquiry.

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Template
Type/Format
Sample Requirements Remarks
Plasmid - 100 ng/µl
- Minimum volume of 20µl
For re-sequencing, at lease 5 µl is required
16S - Agar Plate/Glycerol Stock
- gDNA: 30-50ng
- Minimum volume of 20µl
N/A
PCR Product
(Purified)
- 50ng/µl
- Minimum volume of 20µl
For re-sequencing, at lease 5 µl is required
PCR Product
(Unpurified)
- 100 ng/µl
- Minimum volume of 30µl
N/A
Difficult Sequence - 100 ng/µl
- Minimum volume of 40µl
N/A
Primer Walking - 8 µg(for an insert size of up to 4kb)
Single Strand Sequencing: 1µg/1 kb insert.
If insert size is longer than 4kb,
clone is required in an agar stab
culture status.

a) Sample for individual tube :
- General glycerol stock/ Agar-stab/Agar-plate culture at room temperature.
- 1.5µl microcentrifuge tube is recommended in a dried (lyophilized) form or solution
..(Nuclease-free TE or distilled water) at room temperature..
- Free re-sequencing is included
b) 96 Well Plate :
- 8 strip cap is recommended in a dried (lyophilized) form or solution (Nuclease-free TE or distilled water)
.. at room temperature.
- Re-sequencing is additionally charged.

** In case of Multi primers for one plate **
Only two custom primers (or two universal primers) in tubes could be acceptable for applying this Plate sequencing.

* Note:
- For three or more primers, another paired primer plate with your sample….reactions.
- The well to well variation of the concentration of your samples is very important to get
   better results, please keep it as constant as possible.



- Please prepare samples to avoid any well-to-well concentration difference or size differencefor
  quality results.

c) Primer :
- Primer : 10 pmol/uL in 20µl based on 5 samples
- Primer Tm is suitable for service : 55°C ~ 60°C
- Commonly used Universal primers are available for free of charge (ex. M13F, T7, T3)
- Design and synthesize primers if you request. (US $0.60/base)

It is possible to send either a stab or glycerol culture with the selected E.coli clone, the purified plasmid DNA or your unpurified or purified PCR product.
Templates and primers must be provided in DI water or 10mM Tris buffer, not in TE
d) To apply Plate sequencing :
- 1 primer/1plate service :

- Multi primers/ 1plate service :
  Only two custom primers (or two universal primers) in tubes could be acceptable for applying this Plate
  sequencing.

Note : For three or more primers, another paired primer plate with your sample plate should be provided. If not, your order will be regarded as Normal sequencing reactions.


DNA / RNA Quality

a) DNA
All DNA sample(s) requirement...
-double-strand, non degraded, and containing no particulate matter
-purified by column or gel purification protocols
-A260/280 ratio of 1.8 or above
b) RNA
All RNA sample(s) requirement...
-2100 Bioanalyzer RNA integrity Number (RIN) > 8
-28S rRNA : 18S rRNA = 2:1 ratio

DNA / RNA / Tissue Quantity

a) 454 GS FLX (in EB Buffer)
HMW(>1.5kb) LMW(70~500bp) Paired End
5~10µg 5µg 5~10µg

* All samples except for LMW(=50ng/µl) should be provided at a concentration of =100ng/µl
   In case of cDNA synthesis, tissue(>10g) or total RNA (>1mg) would be required.
b) Illumina Genome Analyzer ( in EB buffer)
Sample Type Total Quantity
gDNA (for single/paired-end run) 5µg (recommended)
ChIPed DNA 10ng
mRNA sequencing-total RNA 1~10µg
mRNA sequencing-mRNA 100ng
small RNA sequencing-total RNA 1~10µg
small RNA sequencing-small RNA entire fraction of small RNA purified from
1~10µg of total RNA


 
1) Template preparation

The success of automated sequencing critically depends on having high purity template in the correct concentration. In case of samples in plates, constant concentration among wells is also important for the success of sequencings.

   i) Plasmid DNA

Preparation

There are many commercial kits available. Please submit DNA in deionized water. Do not use TE to dilute or resuspend the DNA because EDTA inhibits the cycle of sequencing reaction. We recommend using Qiagen miniprep/midiprep since both methods yield consistent purity of plasmid DNA for sequencing.

Please provide DNA in the concentration range of 100ng/µl and in the amount of at least 2 µg. Extra amount of DNA ensures that we have enough sample for a re-sequencing in case the first reaction fails. If samples' concentrations do not fall within this range or if you fail to provide us enough template to do the reaction, the experiment might be delayed.


   ii) PCR fragments

Preparation

The DNA is free of contaminants, unused primers or dNTPs. PCR templates that do not undergo any kind of post PCR clean up are not suitable for sequencing and will yield unusable sequence data. It is highly recommended that your PCR template is first observed on a gel to confirm that there is a specific product with the correct size. The Qiagen Gel extraction kit or PCR cleanup kit can be used to remove all of the unwanted elements from your template.


2) Host strains
The host strain can have an impact on the quality of the template DNA prepared evenusing the best methods.
DH5-α strains consistently produce good results. HB101, XL-1 Blue, JM109 and MV1190 are usually fine but JM101 is often poor.
The growth media you use can also affect the outcome yields, while LB is usually fine.


3) Quantitation
Sequencers are able to handle a wide range of DNA concentrations however with very low amounts of DNA the data quality will be significantly affected.
Using UV absorbance to quantitate dilute DNA solutions tends to give widely inaccurate results.
A good way to quantitate DNA is to run an aliquot on a minigel and compare the intensity to the a control of a known concentration. There are also concentration ladders that are commercially available. For each reaction, please provide 10 ng/100 bases, and at least 20 ng/µl solution in deionized water. Please provide at least 10 µl for any possible re-sequencing.

Measurement with electrophoresis is recommended rather than spectrophotometer-based measurements.


4) Primers preparation
Primer Considerations

Primers should be provided in DI water at the required concentration (see table above).

- High Purity
- Appropriate concentration
- No secondary priming sites
- No mismatches
- A length of 18-25 bases.
- GC% content between 40% and 60%.
- A Tm (melting temperature) between 55°C and 60°C
- No significant hairpins (>3bp)
- Free of salts, EDTA, or other contaminants

Please supply primers at concentration of (10 pmole/µl =60 ng/µl) in deionized water at volume of greater than 20 µl.

Primers supplied by customers should be desalted or purified. Crude primers generally do not work well for sequencing. We have the following primers available at no extra charge.

Primer Name Sequence Base
T7 AATACGACTCACTATAG 17
T7terminator GCTAGTTATTGCTCAGCGG 19
T7promoter TAATACGACTCACTATAGGG 20
T3 ATTAACCCTCACTAAAG 17
SP6 ATTTAGGTGACACTATAG 18
M13F-pUC(-40) GTTTTCCCAGTCACGAC 17
M13R-pUC(-40) CAGGAAACAGCTATGAC 17
M13F(-20) GTAAAACGACGGCCAGT 17
M13R(-20) GCGGATAACAATTTCACACAGG 22
pGEX5 GGCAAGCCACGTTTGGTG 18
pGEX3 GGAGCTGCATGTGTCAGAGG 20
27F AGAGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG 20
1492R TACGGYTACCTTGTTACGACTT 22
518F CCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACG 20
800R TACCAGGGTATCTAATCC 18
BGH-R TAGAAGGCACAGTCGAGG 18
CMV-F CGCAAATGGGCGGTAGGCGTG 21
RVprimer3 CTAGCAAAATAGGCTGTCCC 20
RVprimer4 GACGATAGTCATGCCCCGCG 20
GLprimer1 TGTATCTTATGGTACTGTAACTG 23
GLprimer2 CTTTATGTTTTTGGCGTCTTCCA 23
pQE-F CCCGAAAAGTGCCACCTG 18
pQE-R GTTCTGAGGTCATTACTGG 19
Gal4AD TACCACTACAATGGATG 17
pBAD-F ATGCCATAGCATTTTTATCCA 21
pBAD-R GATTTAATCTGTATCAGG 18
EGFP-CF AGCACCCAGTCCGCCCTGAGC 21
EGFP-CR CGTCCATGCCGAGAGTG 17
EGFP-NR CGTCGCCGTCCAGCTC 16
Bluescript SK CGCTCTAGAACTAGTGGATC 20
EBV-RP GTGGTTTGTCCAAACTCATC 20
KAN2-FP ACCTACAACAAAGCTCTCATCAACC 25
KAN2-RP GCAATGTAACATCAGAGATTTTGAG 25
M13-FP TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGT 18
pBacPAC-RP GTCTGTAAATCAACAACGC 19
pBAD-FP ATGCCATAGCATTTTTATCC 20
pDONOR-FP TAACGCTAGCATGGATCTC 19
pEGFP_N CCGTCCAGCTCGACCAG 17
pEGFP-FP TTTAGTGAACCGTCAGATC 19
pEGFP-RP AACAGCTCCTCGCCCTTG 18
pESP-RP TCCAAAAGAAGTCGAGTGG 19
pET-24a GGGTTATGCTAGTTATTGCTCAG 23
pET-RP CTAGTTATTGCTCAGCGG 18
pMalE TCAGACTGTCGATGAAGC 18
pREP-fwd_primer GCTCGATACAATAAACGCC 19
35S-A AAGGGTCTTGCGAAGGATAG 20
35S-B AGTGGAAAAGGAAGGTGGCT 20
AD Reverse AGATGGTGCACGATGCACAG 20
CYC1 Reverse GCGTGAATGTAAGCGTGAC 19
DsRed1-C AGCTGGACATCACCTCCCACAACG 24
DsRed1-N GTACTGGAACTGGGGGGACAG 21
EGFP-C CATGGTCCTGCTGGAGTTCGTG 22
EGFP-N CGTCGCCGTCCAGCTCGACCAG 22
GAL1 Forward AATATACCTCTATACTTTAACGTC 24
U-19mer Primer GTTTTCCCAGTCACGACGT 19
T7 EEV ATGTCGTAATAACCCCGCCCCG 22
Bluescript KS TCGAGGTCGACGGTATC 17
pFastBac Forward GGATTATTCATACCGTCCCA 20
pFastBac Reverse CAAATGTGGTATGGCTGATT 20
AOX1 Forward GACTGGTTCCAATTGACAAGC 21
AOX1 Reverse GCAAATGGCATTCTGACATCC 21
a-Factor TACTATTGCCAGCATTGCTGC 21
STag 18mer Primer GAACGCCAGCACATGGAC 18
MT Forward CATCTCAGTGCAACTAAA 18
QE Promoter CCGAAAAGTGCCACCTG 17
pRH Forward CTGTCTCTATACTCCCCTATAG 22
pRH Reverse CAAAATTCAATAGTTACTATCGC 23
SV40-pArev CCTCTACAAATGTGGTATGG 20
SV40-Promoter GCCCCTAACTCCGCCCATCC 20
pTrcHis Forward GAGGTATATATTAATGTATCG 21
ITS1 TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG 19
ITS2 GCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGC 20
ITS3 GCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGC 20
ITS4 TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC 20
pJET1.2R AAGAACATCGATTTTCCATGGCAG 24
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