Molecular cloning and characterization of the yew gene encoding squalene synthase from Taxus cuspidata.

Zhuoshi Huang, Keji Jiang, Yan Pi, Rong Hou, Zhihua Liao, Ying Cao, Xu Han, Qian Wang, Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang* State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China Laboratory of Natural Products and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Southwest China University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China