Abstract: An anticancer agent comprising a compound represented by the formula (I) [R1 represents hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group and the like; R2 and R3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkylsulfonyl group and the like; R5 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; represents a single bond or a double bond; R6 and R7 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R8 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; A represents —O—, —S—, or —CH2—; D represents —C? or —N?; X represents methylene group, —O—, or —CO—; Q represents —N? or —C(R8)?; and Y represents a heterocyclic group or amino group], which shows a superior inhibitory activity against pim-1 kinase.

Abstract: An anticancer agent comprising a compound represented by the formula (I) [R1 represents hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group and the like; R2 and R3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkylsulfonyl group and the like; R5 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; represents a single bond or a double bond; R6 and R7 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R8 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; A represents —O—, —S—, or —CH2—; D represents —C? or —N?; X represents methylene group, —O—, or —CO—; Q represents —N? or —C(R8)?; and Y represents a heterocyclic group or amino group], which shows a superior inhibitory activity against pim-1 kinase.

Abstract: An epimorphin protein having action to induce differentiation of milk protein-producing cells into a branched luminal structure in Artiodactyls including cows and sheep and comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing; and a gene encoding said protein are provided. The epimorphin protein of the present invention can be used as a medicament for Artiodactyls or an agent for modifying animal properties. For example, the protein acts to enlarge the mammary gland of cows or sheep to prevent the gland from clogging, thereby a yield of a desired protein secreted in the milk of the animal is increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody which recognizes a human pre-B cell receptor and does not recognize a human pro-B cell. The invention also provides an antibody which reacts with a VpreB molecule, one of the constituents of an SL chain of a human pre-B cell receptor expressed on the membrane surface of a human pre-B cell, or a VpreB molecule expressed within a human pro-B cell, but does not react with a &lgr;5 molecule of the surrogate light chain, and whose reactivity is such that a human pre-B cell or a human pro-B cell reacted with the antibody can be detected microscopically.