(19)
(11) EP 0 345 299 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
13.12.1989 Bulletin 1989/50

(21) 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)
(84) 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)

(72) 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)

   


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