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(43) Date of publication: 09.06.1993 Bulletin 1993/23 (21) Application number: 91914480.0 (22) Date of filing: 13.08.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C07K 14/ 52( . ) C12N 15/ 19( . ) A61K 38/ 00( . ) C07K 14/ 715( . ) C12Q 1/ 68( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/AU1991/000358 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/003574 (05.03.1992 Gazette 1992/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 13.08.1990 AU 19900001698 11.12.1990 AU 19900003859 15.02.1991 AU 19910004621 21.06.1991 AU 19910006840 (71) Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Parkville, Victoria 3052 (AU) WOOL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Parkville, Victoria 3052 (AU)	(72) Inventors: BRANDON, Malcolm, Roy Ivanhoe, VIC 3079 (AU) ANDREWS, Arna, Elizabeth East Kew, VIC 3102 (AU) NASH, Andrew, Donald Northcote, VIC 3070 (AU) MEEUSEN, Elsa, Nicole, Theresia Kensington, VIC 3550 (AU) (74) Representative: Harding, Richard Patrick, et al  A. R. Davies & Co. 27 Imperial Square Cheltenham GL50 1RQ Cheltenham GL50 1RQ (GB)