VELP2, a vascular endothelial cell specific and LIM domain containing molecule and uses therefor

摘要

The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated VELP2 nucleic acid molecules, which are expressed in endothelial cells and which encode proteins which contain LIM domains. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing VELP2 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a VELP2 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated VELP2 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-VELP2 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.