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(11) EP 0 973 946 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21) Application number: 98917309.1

(22) Date of filing: 08.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12Q 1/68, G01N 33/50
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB9800/869
(87) International publication number:
WO 9845/476 (15.10.1998 Gazette 1998/41)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB SE

(30) Priority: 08.04.1997 GB 9707141

(71) Applicant: Plant Bioscience Limited
Norwich,Norfolk NR4 7UH (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • SCHWEIZER, Michael
    Norwich NR9 3JT (GB)
  • LARKIN,Kenneth, John
    Norwich, Norfolk NC9 3JLS (GB)

(74) Representative: Thomas, Philip John Duval 
Eric Potter Clarkson,Park View House,58 The Ropewalk
Nottingham NG1 5DD
Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

   


(54) BIOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR TESTING THE CARCINOGENIC PROPERTIES OF A SUBSTANCE