title: [Heredity and evolution of ADAM].
abstract: ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase), or named MDC (metalloproteinase/disintegrin/cysteine-rich) is a family of glycoproteins in cell surface, which was found in recent years and consists of a signal peptide, a propetide, a metalloproteinase, a disintegrin, a cysteine-rich domain, and an epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmic tail. The research results about their origin, heredity, evolution and evolutionary relationship are summarized in this paper.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002, China.
authors.forename: Cun-Shuan
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Zhang