METHODS AND MATERIALS RELATING TO PREADIPOCYTE FACTOR-1-LIKE(PREF-1-LIKE) POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES

摘要

The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by suc h polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human secreted Pref-1-like polypeptide. These polynucleotides comprise nucle ic acid sequences isolated from cDNA library from adult human brain (Hyseq clon e identification numbers 7958079 (SEQ ID NO:1)). Other aspects of the inventio n include vectors containing processes for producing novel human secreted Pref -1- like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides.