Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Chrysanthemum with Artemisinin Biosynthesis Pathway Genes

Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Chrysanthemum with Artemisinin Biosynthesis Pathway Genes

Artemisinin-based drugs are the most effective medicine for the malaria treatment. To date, the main method of artemisinin production is its extraction from wormwood plants <i>Artemisia annua</i> L. Due to the limitation of this source, considerable efforts are now directed to the develo...

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Main Authors: Aleksey Firsov, Tatiana Mitiouchkina, Lyubov Shaloiko, Alexander Pushin, Alexander Vainstein, Sergey Dolgov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
transgenic plants
chrysanthemum
artemisinin
metabolic engineering
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/4/537

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