METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND INHIBITING FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES IN CELLS - Patent 1032707

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EP 1 032 707 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.07.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	06.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/36

(21)	Application number: 98959542.6

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/68, C12N 9/00, C12N 15/63, C12N 15/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9824/854

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9927/135 (03.06.1999 Gazette 1999/22)

(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:

21.11.1997 US 976220
30.03.1998 US 79851 P

(71)	Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
	New Haven, CT 06511 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	NILSEN, Timothy, W. Russell, OH 44022 (US) ROBERTSON, Hugh, D. New York, NY 10021 (US) KINDT, Thomas, J. Bethesda, MD 20817-2727 (US)

(74)	Representative: Miles, John Stephen et al
	Eric Potter Clarkson,Park View House,58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND INHIBITING FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES IN CELLS