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[Pathway design and key enzyme analysis of diosgenin biosynthesis]

Zhongyi Sun1, Peng Zhao1, Xizhen Ge2

  • 1College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.

Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao = Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
|May 11, 2021
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Keywords:
biosynthetic pathwaydiosgeninheterologous expressionkey enzymes

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