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Verbindungen für die modulation der proliferation von zellen

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DE60122484D1
DE60122484D1 DE60122484T DE60122484T DE60122484D1 DE 60122484 D1 DE60122484 D1 DE 60122484D1 DE 60122484 T DE60122484 T DE 60122484T DE 60122484 T DE60122484 T DE 60122484T DE 60122484 D1 DE60122484 D1 DE 60122484D1
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styrylacrylonitrile
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M Roifman
Thomas Grunberger
Olga Rounova
Peter Demin
Nigel Sharfe
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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    • C07C255/42—Carboxylic acid nitriles having cyano groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms having cyano groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of a carbon skeleton containing at least one six-membered aromatic ring the carbon skeleton being further substituted by singly-bound nitrogen atoms, not being further bound to other hetero atoms
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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DE60122484T 2000-04-13 2001-04-12 Verbindungen für die modulation der proliferation von zellen Expired - Lifetime DE60122484T2 (de)

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EP (1) EP1272457B9 (de)
JP (1) JP2003531133A (de)
CN (1) CN100413845C (de)
AT (1) ATE337296T1 (de)
AU (2) AU4820101A (de)
BR (1) BR0110087A (de)
CA (1) CA2406160A1 (de)
CY (1) CY1106447T1 (de)
DE (1) DE60122484T2 (de)
DK (1) DK1272457T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2267747T3 (de)
GB (1) GB2378948B (de)
MX (1) MXPA02010089A (de)
PT (1) PT1272457E (de)
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WO (1) WO2001079158A2 (de)

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