Methods and materials relating to fibulin-like polypeptides and polynucleotides

摘要

The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human secreted fibulin-like polypeptide. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from a cDNA library prepared from human thyroid gland mRNA (Clontech) (SEQ ID NO: 1). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes for producing novel human secreted fibulin-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides.