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SPAM1 wt Allele

Known as: HYA1, MGC26532, SPAG15 
Human SPAM1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7q31.3 and is approximately 46 kb in length. This allele, which encodes hyaluronidase PH… 
National Institutes of Health

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7q31.3Carbohydrate MetabolismCell AdhesionFertilization

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SPAM1 gene

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Angiotensin-converting enzyme is a GPI-anchored protein releasing factor crucial for fertilization
The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a key regulator of blood pressure. It is known to cleave small peptides, such as… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mouse Sperm Lacking Cell Surface Hyaluronidase PH-20 Can Pass through the Layer of Cumulus Cells and Fertilize the Egg*
The function of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored sperm hyaluronidase PH-20 in fertilization has long been believed to enable… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Expression analysis of six paralogous human hyaluronidase genes clustered on chromosomes 3p21 and 7q31.
Two new members of a family of putative hyaluronidase genes involved in glycosaminoglycan catabolism have been identified and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Mutations in HYAL1, a member of a tandemly distributed multigene family encoding disparate hyaluronidase activities, cause a newly described lysosomal disorder, mucopolysaccharidosis IX.
Hyaluronan (HA), a large glycosaminoglycan abundant in the extracellular matrix, is important in cell migration during embryonic… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Purification, cloning, and expression of human plasma hyaluronidase.
Hyaluronidase was purified from human plasma using Triton X-114 phase extractions and ion-exchange chromatography. Monoclonal… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Why did the sperm cross the cumulus? To get to the oocyte. Functions of the sperm surface proteins PH-20 and fertilin in arriving at, and fusing with, the egg.
The sperm surface has an active role in the events of fertilization. The definition of the sperm surface in both its composition… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A hyaluronidase activity of the sperm plasma membrane protein PH-20 enables sperm to penetrate the cumulus cell layer surrounding the egg
A typical mammalian egg is surrounded by an outer layer of about 3,000 cumulus cells embedded in an extracellular matrix rich in… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Evidence that proteolysis of the surface is an initial step in the mechanism of formation of sperm cell surface domains
On terminally differentiated sperm cells, surface proteins are segregated into distinct surface domains that include the anterior… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
cDNA cloning reveals the molecular structure of a sperm surface protein, PH-20, involved in sperm-egg adhesion and the wide distribution of its gene among mammals
Sperm binding to the egg zona pellucida in mammals is a cell-cell adhesion process that is generally species specific. The guinea… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A role for the migrating sperm surface antigen PH-20 in guinea pig sperm binding to the egg zona pellucida
After the acrosome reaction, the PH-20 surface antigen of guinea pig sperm migrates from its original location on the posterior… 
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