Toward a new paradigm of DNA writing using a massively parallel sequencing platform and degenerate oligonucleotide

Byungjin Hwang, Duhee Bang

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Abstract

All synthetic DNA materials require prior programming of the building blocks of the oligonucleotide sequences. The development of a programmable microarray platform provides cost-effective and time-efficient solutions in the field of data storage using DNA. However, the scalability of the synthesis is not on par with the accelerating sequencing capacity. Here, we report on a new paradigm of generating genetic material (writing) using a degenerate oligonucleotide and optomechanical retrieval method that leverages sequencing (reading) throughput to generate the desired number of oligonucleotides. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the feasibility of our concept in digital information storage in DNA. In simulation, the ability to store data is expected to exponentially increase with increase in degenerate space. The present study highlights the major framework change in conventional DNA writing paradigm as a sequencer itself can become a potential source of making genetic materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article number37176
JournalScientific reports
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Nov 23

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center of Global Frontier Project (NRF-2012M3A6A8053632), Pioneer Research Center Program (NRF-2012-0009557), and Mid-career Researcher Program (2015R1A2A1A10055972) through National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning. This research was also supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI13C2163).

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© The Author(s) 2016.

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