Sperm-associated antigen 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPAG5gene.[1][2]
This gene encodes a protein associated with the mitotic spindle apparatus. The encoded protein may be involved in the functional and dynamic regulation of mitotic spindles.[2]
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