High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin.

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Published in Nature on April 10, 2013

Authors

C J Paddon1, P J Westfall, D J Pitera, K Benjamin, K Fisher, D McPhee, M D Leavell, A Tai, A Main, D Eng, D R Polichuk, K H Teoh, D W Reed, T Treynor, J Lenihan, M Fleck, S Bajad, G Dang, D Dengrove, D Diola, G Dorin, K W Ellens, S Fickes, J Galazzo, S P Gaucher, T Geistlinger, R Henry, M Hepp, T Horning, T Iqbal, H Jiang, L Kizer, B Lieu, D Melis, N Moss, R Regentin, S Secrest, H Tsuruta, R Vazquez, L F Westblade, L Xu, M Yu, Y Zhang, L Zhao, J Lievense, P S Covello, J D Keasling, K K Reiling, N S Renninger, J D Newman

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1: Amyris, Inc., 5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100, Emeryville, California 94608, USA. paddon@amyris.com

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