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Based on the cDNA sequence encoding taxane 2α-O-benzoyltransferase (TBT) from Taxus yunnanensis (Gen-Bank Accession No.: AY970522), genomic sequences of TBTs from T. yunnanensis (TyTBT) and T. cuspidata (TcuTBT) were cloned for the first time. They both contain only one intron. The finding that the introns of TyTBT and TcuTBT are more diverse than their exons implies that the gene diversity is more within introns than within exons, which may be important for keeping the functions of the genes.
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Zhao, D., Li, L., Wang, Q. et al. Cloning of taxane 2α-O-benzoyltransferase (TBT) genomic DNA from Taxus . Biologia 61, 327–329 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-006-0059-z
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