AdvISER-PYRO: Amplicon Identification using SparsE Representation of PYROsequencing signal

Jérôme Ambroise, Anne Sophie Piette, Cathy Delcorps, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C. De Jong, Leonid Irenge, Annie Robert, Jean Luc Gala

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Abstract

Motivation: Converting a pyrosequencing signal into a nucleotide sequence appears highly challenging when signal intensities are low (unitary peak heights) or when complex signals are produced by several target amplicons. In these cases, the pyrosequencing software fails to provide correct nucleotide sequences. Accordingly, the objective was to develop the AdvISER-PYRO algorithm, performing an automated, fast and reliable analysis of pyrosequencing signals that circumvents those limitations.Results: In the current mycobacterial amplicon genotyping application, AdvISER-PYRO performed much better than the pyrosequencing software in the following two situations: when converting Single Amplicon Sample (SAS) signals into a correct single sequence (97.2% versus 56.5%), and when translating Multiple Amplicon Sample (MAS) signals into the correct sequence pair (74.5%).Availability: AdvISER-PYRO is implemented in an R package (http://sites.uclouvain.be/md-ctma/index.php/softwares) and can be used in broad range of clinical applications including multiplex pyrosequencing and oncogene re-sequencing in heterogeneous tumor cell samples.Contact: or [email protected]

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1963-1969
Number of pages7
JournalBioinformatics
Volume29
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2013

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