美国国立卫生研究院Adam M. Phillippy等研究人员合作完成了人类X染色体的完整组装。2020年7月14日,《自然》杂志在线发表了这项成果。
Title: Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome
Author: Karen H. Miga, Sergey Koren, Arang Rhie, Mitchell R. Vollger, Ariel Gershman, Andrey Bzikadze, Shelise Brooks, Edmund Howe, David Porubsky, Glennis A. Logsdon, Valerie A. Schneider, Tamara Potapova, Jonathan Wood, William Chow, Joel Armstrong, Jeanne Fredrickson, Evgenia Pak, Kristof Tigyi, Milinn Kremitzki, Christopher Markovic, Valerie Maduro, Amalia Dutra, Gerard G. Bouffard, Alexander M. Chang, Nancy F. Hansen, Amy B. Wilfert, Franoise Thibaud-Nissen, Anthony D. Schmitt, Jon-Matthew Belton, Siddarth Selvaraj, Megan Y. Dennis, Daniela C. Soto, Ruta Sahasrabudhe, Gulhan Kaya, Josh Quick, Nicholas J. Loman, Nadine Holmes, Matthew Loose, Urvashi Surti, Rosa ana Risques, Tina A. Graves Lindsay, Robert Fulton, Ira Hall, Benedict Paten, Kerstin Howe, Winston Timp, Alice Young, James C. Mullikin, Pavel A. Pevzner, Jennifer L. Gerton, Beth A. Sullivan, Evan E. Eichler, Adam M. Phillippy
Issue&Volume: 2020-07-14
Abstract: After two decades of improvements, the current human reference genome (GRCh38) is the most accurate and complete vertebrate genome ever produced. However, no one chromosome has been finished end to end, and hundreds of unresolved gaps persist1,2. Here we present a de novo human genome assembly that surpasses the continuity of GRCh382, along with the first gapless, telomere-to-telomere assembly of a human chromosome. This was enabled by high-coverage, ultra-long-read nanopore sequencing of the complete hydatidiform mole CHM13 genome, combined with complementary technologies for quality improvement and validation. Focusing our efforts on the human X chromosome3, we reconstructed the ~3.1 megabase centromeric satellite DNA array and closed all 29 remaining gaps in the current reference, including new sequence from the human pseudoautosomal regions and cancer-testis ampliconic gene families (CT-X and GAGE). These novel sequences will be integrated into future human reference genome releases. Additionally, a complete chromosome X, combined with the ultra-long nanopore data, allowed us to map methylation patterns across complex tandem repeats and satellite arrays for the first time. Our results demonstrate that finishing the entire human genome is now within reach and the data presented here will enable ongoing efforts to complete the remaining human chromosomes.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2547-7
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2547-7
Nature:《自然》,创刊于1869年。隶属于施普林格·自然出版集团,最新IF:69.504
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本期文章:《自然》:Online/在线发表