Abstract: The invention discloses a hot melt composition comprising a block copolymer consisting of at least two blocks as reaction product of a polyamide having a molecular weight of 5000 g/mol to 100000 g/mol and a modified olefin copolymer having a molecular weight of 3000 to 100000 g/mol and containing covalently bound organic acid anhydride groups to the polymer chain, wherein the polyamide has an amine number from 0.2 to 10 and the olefin copolymer has an acid number from 1 to 100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic coating composition comprising at least one polyamide and at least one surface modifying agent, wherein the polyamide comprises a reaction product of: a) at least one dimerized fatty acid; b) at least one mono carboxylic acid; c) at least one linear dicarboxylic acid; and d) at least one linear diamine; wherein the surface modifying agent is selected from slip agents, anti-blocking agents or combinations thereof; wherein the surface modifying agent is contained in 0.1 to 10 wt-%, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic coating composition; and wherein the composition preferably has a coefficient of friction (COF) of 0.2 to 1.1 which is measured according to ASTM D 1894.

Abstract: The invention discloses a hot melt composition comprising a block copolymer consisting of at least two blocks as reaction product of a polyamide having a molecular weight of 5000 g/mol to 100000 g/mol and a modified olefin copolymer having a molecular weight of 3000 to 100000 g/mol and containing covalently bound organic acid anhydride groups to the polymer chain, wherein the polyamide has an amine number from 0.2 to 10 and the olefin copolymer has an acid number from 1 to 100.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting a hydroxymethyl (hm) cytosine (C) in a nucleic acid molecule preparation; comprising: (a) providing a single-stranded (ss) nucleic acid molecule; (b) synthesizing at least one copy of at least a portion of the complementary strand of said ss nucleic acid molecule thereby generating a double-stranded (ds) nucleic acid molecule, wherein said synthesis is carried out in the presence of hydroxymethylcytosine or analog thereof (e.g., protected hydroxyl group); and (c) reacting the product obtained in (b) (all or purified) with an endonuclease being capable of cleaving said ds nucleic acid molecule, wherein cleavage by said endonuclease requires a recognition site that contains hmC on opposite strands; and (d) analyzing the product obtained in step (c).