Figure 1.
Sequence and deduced translation of the MDC cDNA. The leader sequence is in italics; the mature protein is in bold type. The mature NH2 terminus was confirmed by amino acid sequencing of recombinant MDC produced in CHO cells (GPYGANMEDSV . . .). Alu repeats (68) are present in the following positions: bases 1204–1482, 1530–1805, and 2335–2443. The cDNA sequence of MDC has been deposited in EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ under the accession number U83171.