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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford Charles Shone, Salisbury, GB;
Bassam Hallis, Wiltshire, GB;
Benjamin Arthur James, Wiltshire, GB;
Conrad Padraig Quinn, Wiltshire, GB;
Assignee:
Microbiobiological Research Authority, Salisbury, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G07K / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 5303895 ; 435-74 ; 435 34 ; 435 39 ;
Abstract
A toxin assay that uses a substrate for cleavage by the toxin and antibodies that do not recognize the substrate but recognize 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.