Taxus yunnanensis genome offers insights into gymnosperm phylogeny and taxol production

Chi Song; Fangfang Fu; Lulu Yang; Yan Niu; Zhaoyang Tian; Xiangxiang He; Xiaoming Yang; Jie Chen; Wei Sun; Tao Wan; Han Zhang; Yicheng Yang; Tian Xiao; Komivi Dossa; Xiangxiao Meng; Fuliang Cao; Yves Van de Peer; Guibin Wang; Shilin Chen

Taxus yunnanensis genome offers insights into gymnosperm phylogeny and taxol production

2021

Song, Fu, Yang, Niu, Tian, et al. present a high-quality genome assembly and transcriptome data of Taxus yunnanensis, a plant belonging to the Taxus genus known for sources of traditional medicine and natural anticancer drugs. This study explores the Taxus evolutionary history and sheds light on the Taxol biosynthetic pathway.

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