Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided isolated nucleic acids encoding a human netrin, a human ATP binding cassette transporter, a human ribosomal L3 subtype, and a human augmenter of liver regeneration as well as isolated protein products encoded thereby. The present invention provides nucleic acid probes that hybridize to invention nucleic acids as well as isolated nucleic acids comprising unique gene sequences located on chromosome 16. Further provided are vectors containing invention nucleic acids, host cells transformed therewith, as well as transgenic non-human mammals that express invention polypeptides. The present invention includes antisense oligonucleotides, antibodies and compositions containing same. Additionally, the invention provides methods for identifying compounds that bind to invention polypeptides.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a method for processing a liquid sample of biological material by: a) transferring a liquid sample containing both uncultured informative cells and non-informative cells onto a substrate wherein the surface tension of the liquid sample is sufficient to maintain the liquid sample beaded on the surface of the substrate; b) incubating the beaded liquid sample on the surface of the substrate for a period of time appropriate for the selective settling of the informative cells onto the surface of the substrate; and c) breaking the surface tension of the liquid portion of the sample wherein the liquid portion of the sample is removed along with the non-informative cells and wherein the informative cells remain on the surface of the substrate.A kit for performing the method is also provided.