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1. A magnetic head, comprising:
a first pole piece;
a second pole piece;
a pre-plated pedestal formed over a central portion of the first pole piece;
a gap separating the pre-plated pedestal from the second pole piece; and
the pre-plated pedestal being notched with angled side walls.
2. The magnetic head of claim 1, wherein each angled side wall of the pre-plated pedestal forms an angle of 25 degrees\xb124 degrees relative to normal.
3. The magnetic head of claim 1, wherein each angled side wall of the pre-plated pedestal forms an angle of 25 degrees\xb120 degrees relative to normal.
4. The magnetic head of claim 1, wherein each angled side wall of the pre-plated pedestal forms an angle of 20 degrees+\u221215 degrees relative to normal.
5. The magnetic head of claim 1, wherein each angled side wall of the pre-plated pedestal forms an angle between about 5-50 degrees relative to normal.
6. The magnetic head of claim 3, wherein the first and the second pole pieces and the pre-plated pedestal comprise magnetic material, and the gap comprises an insulator.
7. The magnetic head of claim 3, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a top straight-walled portion over the angled-walled portion.
8. The magnetic head of claim 3, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a bottom straight-walled portion underneath the angled-walled portion.
9. The magnetic head of claim 3, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a top straight-walled portion over the angled-walled portion; and
a bottom straight-walled portion underneath the angled-walled portion.
10. A disk drive, comprising:
a magnetic head for writing to one or more disks;
the magnetic head including:
a first pole piece;
a second pole piece;
a pre-plated pedestal formed over a central portion of the first pole piece;
a gap separating the pre-plated pedestal from the second pole piece; and
the pre-plated pedestal being notched with angled side walls.
11. The disk drive of claim 10, wherein each angled side wall forms an angle of 25 degrees\xb124 degrees relative to normal.
12. The disk drive of claim 10, wherein each angled side wall forms an angle of 25 degrees\xb120 degrees relative to normal.
13. The disk drive of claim 10, wherein each angled side wall forms an angle of 20 degrees+\u221215 degrees relative to normal.
14. The disk drive of claim 10, wherein each angled side wall has an angle between about 5-50 degrees relative to normal.
15. The disk drive of claim 12, wherein the first and the second pole pieces and the pre-plated pedestal comprise magnetic material, and the gap comprises an insulator.
16. The disk drive of claim 12, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a top straight-walled portion over the angled-walled portion.
17. The magnetic head of claim 12, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a bottom straight-walled portion underneath the angled-walled portion.
18. The magnetic head of claim 12, wherein an angled-walled portion of the pre-plated pedestal has the angled side walls, the magnetic head further comprising:
a top straight-walled portion over the angled-walled portion; and
a bottom straight-walled portion underneath the angled-walled portion.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of:
(a) an isolated polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a sequence set forth in Table I;
(b) an isolated polypeptide comprising a polypeptide sequence set forth in Table I; and
(c) a polypeptide sequence of a gene set forth in Table I.
2. An isolated polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of:
(a) an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence set forth in Table I;
(b) an isolated polynucleotide of a gene set forth in Table I;
(c) an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide set forth in Table I;
(d) an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide set forth in Table I;
(e) a polynucleotide which is an RNA equivalent of the polynucleotide of (a) to (d);
or a polynucleotide sequence complementary to said isolated polynucleotide.
3. An expression vector comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a polypeptide of claim 1 when said expression vector is present in a compatible host cell.
4. A process for producing a recombinant host cell which comprises the step of introducing an expression vector comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a polypeptide of claim 1 into a cell such that the host cell, under appropriate culture conditions, produces said polypeptide.
5. A recombinant host cell produced by the process of claim 4.
6. A membrane of a recombinant host cell of claim 5 expressing said polypeptide.
7. A process for producing a polypeptide which comprises culturing a host cell of claim 5 under conditions sufficient for the production of said polypeptide and recovering said polypeptide from the culture.