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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
Expires: April 30, 1997
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section16(a)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Gibson G. Carl
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
3205 Duvall
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(Street)
Norman OK 73072
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/29/97
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
###-##-####
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ZymeTx, Inc. "ZMTX"
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give Other (Specify
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Controller/Treasurer/Secretary
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
10/29/97
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security 2.Amount of Securities 3.Ownership Form: 4. Nature of In-
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or direct Bene-
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) ficial Owner-
(Instr. 5) ship (Instr.5)
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Common Stock -0-
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over) (Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (8-92)
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FORM 3 (continued) Table II-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g.,
puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) -
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities Under-
(Instr. 4) cisble and lying Derivative Security
Expiration (Instr. 4)
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(Month/Day/
Year) Amount
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Date Expira- Title Number
Exer- tion of
cisable Date Shares
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Incentive Stock Options 6/5/98 6/5/07 Common Stock 20,000
(1)
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4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Price of Deriv-
Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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$2.00 D
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Explanation of Responses:
1. Vests at a rate of 25% per year on each of June 5, 1998, June 5, 1999,
June 5, 2000 and June 5, 2001.
/s/ G. Carl Gibson 10/31/97
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**International misstatements **Signature of Reporting Person
or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
