TAXOL PRODUCTION VIA GENERATION OF EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNAS IN THE FUNGUS PESTALOTIOPSIS

摘要

This invention relates to compositions and methods useful for producingextrachromosomal DNA, wherein such extrachromosomal DNA codes for a productwhich changes the level of taxol production. More specifically, the presentinvention relates to such compositions and methods for producingextrachromosomal DNA based on the unexpected discovery that the Pestalotiopsisfungi add one or more telomeric repeats to the ends of exogenous DNA.