QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 15, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
...Short-read sequencing (“Second-generation sequencing”)
Short-read sequencing also relies on sequencing by synthesis...technologies.
Sequencing technologies used at Addgene
Sanger sequencing (“First-generation sequencing”)
Sanger...whole-plasmid) sequencing.
Prior to short-read sequencing, Addgene relied on Sanger sequencing for QC. We...Sanger sequencing are limited to hundreds of base pairs, long-read sequencing can read sequence lengths...assembly issues, and difficult-to-sequence plasmids, other sequencing and bioinformatic technologies are...Sanger sequencing, developed in 1977 by Fred Sanger, was the first widely used DNA sequencing technology... file to determine the sequence.
Figure 1: Overview of Sanger sequencing technology. Created with...