MICROCAPSULES WITH CONTROLABLE PERMEABILITY ENCAPSULATING A NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION MIXTURE AND THEIR USE AS REACTION COMPARTMENTS FOR PARALLELS REACTIONS

摘要

Title: MICROCAPSULES ENCAPSULATING A NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION MIXTURE AND THEIR USE AS REACTION COMPARTMENTS FOR PARALLEL REACTIONSAbstract: 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 applica tions of such capsules to perform parallel PCR, screening, construction of DNA libraries and sequencing.