Engineered Chinese shrub produces high levels of antimalarial compound

Artemisinin is a potent antimalarial compound produced naturally in low amounts by the Chinese shrub Artemisia annua, commonly known as sweet wormwood. Researchers in China now report a high-quality draft genome sequence of A. annua and their use of this information along with gene expression data to metabolically engineer plant lines that produce high levels of artemisinin.
Engineered Chinese shrub produces high levels of antimalarial compound
Engineered Chinese shrub produces high levels of antimalarial compound
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