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EP 1 268 859 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 22.08.2002 (43) Date of publication: 02.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/01 (21) Application number: 01934221.1 (22) Date of filing: 29.03.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C12Q 1/68 (86) International application number: PCT/IB0100/833 (87) International publication number: WO 0107/3119 (04.10.2001 Gazette 2001/40)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 29.03.2000 US 193042 P 21.11.2000 US 252551 P 22.11.2000 US 252747 P (71) Applicant: Center for the Application of Molecular Biology to International Agriculture Black Mountain,Australian Capital Territory 2601 (AU)	(72) Inventor: KILIAN, Andrzej Kaleen, ACT 2602 (AU) (74) Representative: Dzieglewska, Hanna Eva  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)