Abstract: A follower device is disclosed which includes a friction surface, a neck, and at least one shelf. The at least one friction surface and the at least one shelf may extend from the neck, and the slot may be adjacent to the neck. The follower may be disposed in a telescoping tube and allow closure or retraction of the telescoping tube automatically by pulling on an inner tube to disengage a button lock, termed an overpull and then collapsing the telescoping tube without interference from the button lock.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are isolated transposable elements, or isolated DNA sequences which encode a transposase protein or a portion of a transposase protein. The isolated transposable elements or the isolated DNA sequences are members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements. The invention also relates to a purified transposase protein, or peptide fragments thereof, encoded by such DNA sequences. Such transposable elements are useful in applications such as the stable introduction of a DNA sequence of interest into a eukaryotic cell. The sequence information disclosed herein is useful in the design of oligonucleotide primers which are useful for the isolation of related members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements, or for the detection of transpositions of the transposable elements.