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EP 0 871 455 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43

(21)	Application number: 96936866.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.10.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A01K 67/ 027^{( . )}
A61K 38/ 00^{( . )}
A61P 3/ 00^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 725^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 08^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}
A61K 48/ 00^{( . )}

A61K 31/ 00^{( . )}
A61K 39/ 395^{( . )}
A61P 3/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 074^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 02^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 02^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 02^{( . )}
A61K 35/ 12^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/016952

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/015310 (01.05.1997 Gazette 1997/19)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

25.10.1995 US 19950547746

(71)	Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
	Gainesville, FL 32611 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PECK, Ammon, B. Gainesville, FL 32608 (US) CORNELIUS, Janet, G. Gainesville, FL 32653 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lucas, Brian Ronald
	Lucas & Co. 135 Westhall Road Warlingham Surrey CR6 9HJ Warlingham Surrey CR6 9HJ (GB)

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