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Toxin Assay

US6337386B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2000
Grant dateJan 8, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/56911
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toxin assay that uses a substrate for cleavage by the toxin and antibodies that do not recognise the substrate but recognise and bind to the product of cleavage of the substrate by the toxin. The substrate can be a nerve cell peptide when the assay is for botulinum toxin or tetanus toxin.

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