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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford Charles Shone, Salisbury, GB;
Bassam Hallis, Salisbury, GB;
Benjamin Arthur Frederick James, Salisbury, GB;
Conrad Padraig Quinn, Salisbury, GB;
Assignee:
Microbiological Research Authority, Salisbury, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/804 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3573 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/804 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3573 ;
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.