Microcapsules with controlable permeability encapsulating a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture and their use as reaction compartment for parallels reactions
First Claim
1. A nucleic acid amplification process comprising the steps (a) providing a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture, (b) encapsulating said reaction mixture by a capsule being permeable for low molecular weight molecules and not permeable for high molecular weight molecules and thereby forming capsules comprising constituents of the reaction mixture, and (c) performing at least one amplification or/and polymerization step and thereby amplifying a nucleic acid within one or more of the capsules.
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Abstract
The present invention refers to microcapsules with high permeability for low molecular weight molecules and no permeability for high molecular weight molecules encapsulating a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture, in particular, a PCR reaction mixture and providing a compartment to perform a nucleic acid amplification, in particular, a PCR reaction and to applications of such capsules to perform parallel PCR, screening, construction of DNA libraries and sequencing.
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1. A nucleic acid amplification process comprising the steps
(a) providing a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture, (b) encapsulating said reaction mixture by a capsule being permeable for low molecular weight molecules and not permeable for high molecular weight molecules and thereby forming capsules comprising constituents of the reaction mixture, and (c) performing at least one amplification or/and polymerization step and thereby amplifying a nucleic acid within one or more of the capsules.
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29. The process according to any claims, wherein dNTPs and or ddNTPs and/or primers and/or templates and/or DNA probes and/or capsule material carry a label.
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