Mechanistic analysis for the origin of diverse diterpenes in Tripterygium wilfordii

• Main Authors: Lichan Tu (Author), Xinbo Cai (Author), Yifeng Zhang (Author), Yuru Tong (Author), Jian Wang (Author), Ping Su (Author), Yun Lu (Author), Tianyuan Hu (Author), Yunfeng Luo (Author), Xiaoyi Wu (Author), Dan Li (Author), Luqi Huang (Author), Wei Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tripterygium wilfordii is a valuable medicinal plant rich in biologically active diterpenoids, but there are few studies on the origins of these diterpenoids in its secondary metabolism. Here, we identified three regions containing tandemly duplicated diterpene synthase genes on chromosomes (Chr) 17...