PMID- 33043294 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210914 IS - 2631-9268 (Electronic) IS - 2631-9268 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Characterization and mitigation of fragmentation enzyme-induced dual stranded artifacts. PG - lqaa070 LID - 10.1093/nargab/lqaa070 [doi] LID - lqaa070 AB - High-throughput short-read sequencing relies on fragmented DNA for optimal sampling of input nucleic acid. Several vendors now offer proprietary enzyme cocktails as a cheaper and more streamlined method of fragmentation when compared to acoustic shearing. We have discovered that these enzymes induce the formation of library molecules containing regions of nearby DNA from opposite strands. Sequencing reads derived from these molecules can lead to artifact-derived variant calls appearing at variant allele frequencies <5%. We present Fragmentation Artifact Detection and Elimination (FADE), software to remove these artifacts from mapped reads and mitigate artifact-related effects on downstream analysis. We find that the artifacts principally affect downstream analyses that are sensitive to a 1-3% artifact bias in the sequencing reads, such as targeted resequencing and rare variant discovery. CI - © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. FAU - Gregory, Thomas AU - Gregory T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9357-369X AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Ngankeu, Apollinaire AU - Ngankeu A AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Orwick, Shelley AU - Orwick S AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Kautto, Esko A AU - Kautto EA AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Woyach, Jennifer A AU - Woyach JA AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Byrd, John C AU - Byrd JC AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Blachly, James S AU - Blachly JS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4275-5562 AD - Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 CA183444/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 CA197734/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM068412/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201002 TA - NAR Genom Bioinform JT - NAR genomics and bioinformatics JID - 101756213 PMC - PMC7531576 EDAT- 2020/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/13 06:01 CRDT- 2020/10/12 05:34 PHST- 2020/01/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/12 05:34 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/13 06:01 [medline] AID - lqaa070 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nargab/lqaa070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - NAR Genom Bioinform. 2020 Dec;2(4):lqaa070. doi: 10.1093/nargab/lqaa070. Epub 2020 Oct 2.