The present invention provides the following partial fragment (a) or (b)
of developmentally regulated endothelial cell locus-1 (Del-1) protein:
(a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID
NO: 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 or 24; or (b) a protein which consists of the amino
acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 or 24 having
deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids, and has
deposition activity onto extracellular matrix.