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Chemical Profiling of Monoterpenes and Genome-Wide Discovery of Monoterpene Synthases in Artemisia annua

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These findings systematically elucidate the biosynthesis of monoterpenoids in A. annua and provide key enzymatic elements for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology applications in monoterpenoid production.

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