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Biosynthesis of rare 20(R)-protopanaxadiol/protopanaxatriol type ginsenosides through Escherichia coli engineered with uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase genes

Lu Yu, Yuan Chen, Jie Shi, Rufeng Wang, Yingbo Yang, Li Yang, Shujuan Zhao, Zhengtao Wang

Journal of Ginseng Research · 2017 · 40 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

This study demonstrates that rare 20(<i>R</i>)-ginsenosides can be produced through <i>E. coli</i> engineered with UTG genes.

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