Methods and materials relating to novel von Willebrand/Thrombospondin-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 von Willebrand/Thrombospondin-like polypeptide. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from cDNA library from human fetal brain (Hyseq clone identification number 15258924). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes for producing novel human von Willebrand/Thrombospondin-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides.