Title: Cloning and characterization of the glycoside hydrolases that remove xylosyl group from 7-β-xylosyl-10-deacetyltaxol and its analogues Authors and mailing address:

Hai-Li Cheng: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Rui-Yu Zhao: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Tian-Jiao Chen: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Wen-Bo Yu: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Fen Wang: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Ke-Di Cheng: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China Ping Zhu*: 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China *To whom correspondent should be addressed: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China. Tel: 8610-63165197; Fax: 8610-63017757; E-mail: zhuping@imm.ac.cn.

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