Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and breaking rock includes a cutting disc (13) having an attached wedge (11). Cutting disc (13) can be rotated by shaft (16) to cut a groove into rock. After a pre-determined distance, wedge (11) is forced into the cut groove to cause the rock above the groove to be broken away. Shaft (16) is powered by a drive motor, and can include a kick back mechanism to prevent wedge (11) from being trapped in the cut groove. The entire apparatus can be mounted to the three point linkage of a tractor.

Abstract: A rapid, simple and inexpensive method to screen and classify proteins as partners of dimeric proteins is described. The method utilizes fusion protein constructs containing a DNA binding domain and complementary dimerization domains from a different protein. According to the method of the invention, protein partner heterodimer formation is detected by the ability of the protein partner to displace formation of DNA binding domain homodimers, and thus reveal a phenotypic change in a bacterial host which was dependent upon maintenance of the DNA binding domain homodimer configuration. The method of the invention may further be used to identify compounds of interest which inhibit such heterodimer formation, and especially to identify compounds which prevent heterodimer formation and activation of oncogenic transcriptional regulatory proteins.