... 720 and 988 ⁄ 989, resulting in two alternative proteins; one short variant encom-passing almost only the CUB domain, and the longervariant containing the CUB domain and the final 30residues in ... present in mouse heart, liver and kidney [26]. Interestingly, deletion of exon 6 cau-ses a frame shift and an early stop codon in exon 7,resulting in a protein lacking the growth factor domain and ... remainsunknown [35].The CUB domain is found in several extracellularproteins, many involved in development, and they arethought to mediate protein–protein and protein–carbo-hydrate interactions,...