Patent ID: 7371836

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having at teast 95% sequence identity to: (a) the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:400; (b) the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:400, lacking its associated signal peptide; (c) the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:399; (d) the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide encoded by the full-length coding sequence of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:399; or (e) the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide encoded by the full-length coding sequence of the cDNA deposited under ATCC accession number 209704, wherein the encoded polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) is capable of inducing chondrocyte redifferentiation.