Just tested your circuit on the breadboard... the mosfet is still alive :-) 
This forum is great, thank you all for the support.

Am Mittwoch, 27. September 2017 15:29:24 UTC+2 schrieb GastonP:

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> This circuit is the one I always use and I have yet to see a zapped MOSFET 
> ;).
> Diodes can be 1N4148 or almost any fast signal diode (never a rectifier 
> such as 1N400x) and a resistor of 1K-10K is enough.
> IIRC SMD BAV99 has this exact configuration for the purpose of being used 
> as input protection devices.
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> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 3:48:08 PM UTC-3, newxito wrote:
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>> I agree 100%, it must be an ESD problem, these things are really fragile, 
>> even on a breadboard circuit just touching 2 or 3 times the gate kills the 
>> 2n7000. I think I will not be able to solve the problem in a reasonable 
>> amount of time, so for now, I will patch the boards with transistors and 
>> continue with the tests. Just finished to solder one of each type of driver 
>> boards…
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