Novel polypeptides having anti-apoptotic activity, and methods of screening
for such novel polypeptides having anti-apoptotic activity, and polynucleotides
encoding such polypeptides; Compounds that regulate or modulate apoptosis and/or
anti-apoptotic activity, such as compounds having anti-apoptotic activity, and
such as compounds that induce, restore, or modulate apoptosis and/or inhibit, diminish,
or modulate anti-apoptotic activity, methods of screening for such compounds, and
methods of using such compounds in the therapeutic treatment of diseases; Methods
of treating eukaryotic cells with compounds that regulate or modulate apoptosis
and/or anti-apoptotic activity; Methods of enhancing the stability, growth, and/or
productivity of eukaryotic cells; Pharmaceutical compositions that regulate or
modulate apoptosis and/or anti-apoptotic activity.