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EP 0 345 299 A1
(12)
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Date of publication:
13.12.1989
Bulletin 1989/50
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Application number:
88902999.0
(22)
Date of filing:
01.02.1988
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
C07K
14/
35
( . )
A61K
39/
00
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US1988/000281
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1988/005823
(
11.08.1988
Gazette 1988/18)
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Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT
(30)
Priority:
02.02.1987
US 19870010007
(71)
Applicant:
WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Cambridge, MA 02142 (US)
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Inventors:
HUSSON, Robert, N.
Brookline, MA 02146 (US)
YOUNG, Richard, A.
Winchester, MA 01890 (US)
SHINNICK, Thomas, M.
Atlanta, GA 30329 (US)
(74)
Representative:
Slight, Geoffrey Charles
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)
(54)
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