PROTEASE BASED GENE SWITCHING SYSTEM - Patent 1009835

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EP 1 009 835 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.06.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/25

(21)	Application number: 98940421.5

(22)	Date of filing: 28.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 15/63, C12N 1/19, C12Q 1/37, C12N 9/50

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9802/596

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9911/801 (11.03.1999 Gazette 1999/10)

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

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Priority:

03.09.1997 GB 9718591

(71)	Applicant: AstraZeneca UK Limited
	London W1Y 6LN (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	BROAD, Peter, Michael Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB) CHARLES, Andrew, David Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB) HOLLIS, Melvyn Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB) MacCALLUM, Linda, Jean Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB) SCANLON, David, John Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB)

(74)	Representative: Brown, Andrew Stephen et al
	AstraZeneca PLCGlobal Intellectual PropertyMereside,Alderley Park Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 4TG (GB)

(54)	PROTEASE BASED GENE SWITCHING SYSTEM