The Transcription Factor Aabzip9 Positively Regulates the Biosynthesis of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua

Artemisinin-based therapies are the only effective treatment for malaria, which reached to 219 million cases and killed 435,000 people in 2017. To meet the growing demand for artemisinin and make it accessible to the poorest, genetic engineering of Artemisia annua becomes one of the most promising a...

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Main Authors: Qian Shen, Huayi Huang, Yu Zhao, Lihui Xie, Qian He, Yijun Zhong, Yuting Wang, Yuliang Wang, Kexuan Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01294/full