title: Nanocolonies: detection, cloning, and analysis of individual molecules.
abstract: Nanocolonies (other names molecular colonies or polonies) are formed upon template nanomolecule (DNA or RNA) amplification in immobilized medium with efficient pore size in the nanometer range. This work deals with the principle, invention, development, and diverse nanocolony applications based on their unique abilities to compartmentalize amplification and expression of individual DNA and RNA molecules, including studying reactions between single molecules, digital molecular diagnostics, in vitro gene cloning and expression, as well as identification of the molecular cis-elements including DNA sequencing, analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphism, and alternative splicing investigation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia. helena@vega.protres.ru
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Chetverina
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chetverin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002474:Cell-Free System / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D036103:Nanotechnology; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids