Abstract: The present invention provides crystals, and compositions thereof, wherein the crystals include a malic acid salt of N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-5-[(5-fluoro-1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-3H-indol-3-ylidene)methyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide. Methods of preparing such crystals are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention includes the characterization of the DGK? gene and the generation of screening methods for compounds that inhibit the function of DGK?. The DGK family of enzymes occupies a signaling crossroads since they catalyze the phosphorylation of DAG to produce PA. Both the substrate (DAG) and the product (PA) of this reaction are key factors in intracellular signaling, making the regulation of DGK? activity important to understand and control. DGK? ?/? mice were also generated and studied to assist in understanding the function of DGKs in regulating cellular signaling. DGK? displays selectively for 20:4-DAG and is highly expressed in different areas of the brain, including Purkinje cells in the cerebellum, hippocampal interneurons, and the Pyramidal neurons in the CA3 region of the hippocampus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of screening for potential cancer chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents which act by modulating the activity of the Fatty Acid-CoA Ligase 4 (FACL4) gene product in humans. This invention also provides methods of administering such agents to treat cancer by inhibiting the activity of the FACL4 gene product, thus raising the cellular level of free arachidonic acid and triggering arachidonic acid-mediated apoptosis. The present invention further provides a method for diagnosing cancers, including colon cancer.

Abstract: A cable includes a filler including a plurality of points of weakness or discontinuities spaced along its length. The points of weakness or discontinuities may be evenly spaced along the length of the cable and may be formed by partially or fully cutting through the filler. The filler may be formed from a plastics material and may be shaped, in cross section, to have a number of arms to enable it to separate other components of the cable. The filler may be electrically conductive or semi-conductive to enable it to act as screen between other components of the cable.

Abstract: The present invention provides the cDNA for a novel nucleoside/nucleotide monophosphate kinase cloned from a human macrophage cDNA library. This kinase is able to phosphorylate UMP and utilize multiple phosphate donors, but has demonstrated a preference for transferring a phosphate from ATP or UTP to cytidine monophosphate (CTP). The kinase is thus referred to as cytidine monophosphate (CMP) kinase. This kinase is shown to be a Mg2+ dependent nucleotide kinase which codes for two ubiquitously transcribed mRNA splice products of 3.2 and 2.0 kb, and has been mapped to chromosome 1, region p32-34.1, a region known to contain other nucleotide modifying enzyme genes.