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SUN domain-containing protein 5

SUN domain-containing protein 5, formerly known as sperm-associated antigen 4-like protein (SPAGL4), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SUN5 gene.[1][2][3]


References

References

  1. Tarnasky H, Gill D, Murthy S, Shao X, Demetrick DJ, van der Hoorn FA (Oct 1998). “A novel testis-specific gene, SPAG4, whose product interacts specifically with outer dense fiber protein ODF27, maps to human chromosome 20q11.2”. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 81 (1): 65–7. doi:10.1159/000014990. PMID 9691178.
  2. Shao X, Tarnasky HA, Lee JP, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA (Jul 1999). “Spag4, a novel sperm protein, binds outer dense-fiber protein Odf1 and localizes to microtubules of manchette and axoneme”. Dev Biol. 211 (1): 109–23. doi:10.1006/dbio.1999.9297. PMID 10373309.
  3. “Entrez Gene: SPAG4L sperm associated antigen 4-like”.
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