Supplementary Figures S1 & S2, and Tables S1-S5 for: Improvement of multiplex semi-nested PCR system for screening rare mutations by High-throughput sequencing ZhangYingchun ChiXue FengLaibao WUXINGWEN QiXiaoquan 2019 <div> <table> <tr> <td> <p><b>Supplementary Figure S1</b>. Improvement of PCR reaction system using dilution comparing to spin column.</p> <p>M: 100bp marker. (A) The patterns of the first/second-round PCR reaction system by agarose gel electrophoresis. For the 50μL PCR reaction system, compared with the previously reported primer concentration which was 3.3μL (ITSP1s) and 0.66μL (AP1) in Lane l, Lane 2 shows no difference in the yield when primer concentration was 2.2μL (ITSP1s) and0.44μL (AP1). For the 10μL PCR reaction system, compared with the previously reported primer concentration which was 0.66μL (ITSP1s) and 0.26μL (AP1) in Lane3, Lane 4 shows no difference in the yield when primer concentration was 0.44μL (ITSP1s) and 0.17μL (AP1). Lane 5: purification of the first-round PCR product by spin column (50µL PCR reaction system). Lane 6: purification of the first-round PCR product by spin column (10µL PCR reaction system). Lane 7, 8 and 9: the performance of the second-round PCR using diluted first-round PCR products (from lane 3 of figure A), including dilution times of 25, 50 and 100. Lane 10, 11 and 12: the performance of the second-round PCR using diluted first-round PCR products (from lane 4 of figure A), including dilution times of 25, 50 and 100. (B) The optimization of template in the second-round PCR reaction system by agarose gel electrophoresis. The four dilution gradients of the first-round PCR products we set were 10, 30, 60, and 100 times; and three concentration gradients of the second-round PCR template are shown. (Lane1, 2 and 3), (lane 4, 5 and 6), (lane 7, 8 and 9) and (lane 10, 11 and 12) show the results of the first-round PCR products with different dilution gradients: 10, 30, 60 and 100 times. (Lane 1, 4, 7 and 10), (lane 2, 5, 8 and 11) and (lane 3, 6, 9 and 12) depict the concentration of the second-round PCR template with 0.5μL , 1μL and3μL , respectively.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Supplementary Figure S2</b>. Comparison of the performance in the fragment length and sequencing depth between using spin column and dilution to process with the first-round PCR products.</p> <p>(A) The distribution of the average length of the 12 target enriched fragments from spin column and dilution. (B) The distribution of the average sequencing depth of the 12 enriched fragments from spin column and dilution.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Supplementary Figure S3</b>. Summary of the enriched fragments in Pool 1 and Pool 2.</p> <p>(A & B)The fragment length of each enriched target fragment (shown by the box plot) and the number of successfully enriched (red) fragments. </p> <p>(C & D) The distribution of sequencing depth among the enriched fragments.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Table S1</b>. The information of the obtained sequence from the samples of dilution treated and spin column treated</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Table S2.</b> Ratio of on-target reads</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Table S3.</b> The confirmed genuine mutations by Sanger sequencing</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Table S4</b>. Comparison of target re-sequencing strategies in cost and complexity level</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Table S5.</b> The adaptors and primers for 31B8 (positive control) in the pilot experiment</p> </td> </tr> </table> </div>