Overexpression of smMYC2 increases the production of phenolic acids in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yang, Na ^a   Zhou, Wenping ^a   Su, Jiao ^a   Wang, Xiaofan ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Wang, Liru ^a   Cao, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Zhezhi ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Salvia miltiorrhiza; Salvianolic acid B; Secondary metabolism; SmMYC2; Tanshinones; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034108482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01804     Document Type: Article

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