The chromosome-level Stevia genome provides insights into steviol glycoside biosynthesis

Horticulture Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Xu, Xiaoyang ^a   Yuan, Haiyan ^a   Yu, Xiaqing ^b   Huang, Suzhen ^a   Sun, Yuming ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Liu, Qingquan ^a   Tong, Haiying ^a   Zhang, Yongxia ^a   Wang, Yinjie ^a   Liu, Chunxiao ^c   Wu, Lei ^d   Hou, Menglan ^a   Yang, Yongheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d Biomarker Technologies Corporation   (China)

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EID: 85107328966     PISSN: 20527276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00565-4     Document Type: Article

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