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SPARC gene

Known as: Secreted Protein, Acidic, Cysteine-Rich (Osteonectin) Gene, SECRETED PROTEIN, ACIDIC, CYSTEINE-RICH, secreted protein acidic and cysteine rich 
This gene is involved in the regulation of cellular morphology, extracellular matrix deposition and cell cycle progression.
National Institutes of Health

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Bone remodelingCRIP1 protein, humanCalcium BindingCell Cycle Control

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SPARC wt Allele

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine Is a Matrix Scavenger Chaperone
Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC) is one of the major non-structural proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
HSP27 mediates SPARC‐induced changes in glioma morphology, migration, and invasion
Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) regulates cell–extracellular matrix interactions that influence cell… 
2007
2007
Overexpression of SPARC protein contrasts with its transcriptional silencing by aberrant hypermethylation of SPARC CpG-rich region in endometrial carcinoma.
Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) is a secreted matricellular glycoprotein involved in crucial processes that… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor reversion‐inducing cysteine‐rich protein with Kazal motifs
The recently described reversion‐inducing cysteine‐rich protein with Kazal motifs (RECK) inhibits membrane Type 1 matrix… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Molecular mechanism of self-recognition in Brassica self-incompatibility.
In most self-incompatible plant species, recognition of self-pollen is controlled by a single locus, termed the S-locus. In… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Changes in calcium and collagen IV binding caused by mutations in the EF hand and other domains of extracellular matrix protein BM-40 (SPARC, osteonectin).
Recombinant expression in a human kidney cell-line was used to prepare mutant human BM-40 with deletions including the N-terminal… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Expression of osteonectin, decorin, and transforming growth factor-beta 1 genes in fibroblasts cultured from patients with systemic sclerosis and morphea.
A characteristic feature of fibroblasts cultured from affected skin areas of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and localized… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
cDNA sequence analysis of a 29-kDa cysteine-rich surface antigen of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica.
A gamma gt11 cDNA library was constructed from poly(U)-Sepharose-selected Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite RNA in order to clone… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Antigenic variation of a cysteine-rich protein in Giardia lamblia
The WB isolate of Giardia lamblia expresses a cysteine-rich 170-kD surface antigen (CRP170) that undergoes antigenic variation… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Osteonectin mRNA: distribution in normal and transformed cells.
Overlapping cDNA clones encoding bovine osteonectin were isolated from a lambda gt11 expression library constructed from bovine… 
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