Patent ID: 7091028

Claim:
Method for the inclusion of molecular substances selected from the group consisting of single-stranded DNA, double-stranded DNA, single-stranded RNA, double-stranded RNA, peptides, peptide hormones, proteins, protein domains, glycoproteins, ribozymes, PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acid), pharmaceutical substances, nucleotides, hormones, lipids, carbohydrates, and combinations of one or more of these substances, in protein shells, said method comprising: fixation of a protein shell fragment of a polyomavirus with a first region to a matrix on which protein shell fragments can be bound; bringing the matrix-bound protein shell fragment in contact with the molecular substance, in order to fix the molecular substance to a second region of the protein shell fragment; separation of the protein shell fragment with the bound molecular substance, or of one part of the protein shell fragment which contains the bound molecular substance, from the matrix; and assembly of the separated protein shell fragment or a part of it which contains the bound molecular substance, with other protein shell fragments to a protein shell, whereby the separation and the assembly can be done in any order.