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News: strictosidine in yeast

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The team of Sarah O'Connor (John Innes Center) has recently published the production of strictosidine in yeast after transfering 21 genes and deleting 3 others. This work was performed in collaboration with Dr. Vincent Courdavault and Dr. Marc Clastre. More details here.