Comparative transcriptome analyses of different Salvia miltiorrhiza varieties during the accumulation of tanshinones.

ABSTRACT: Salvia miltiorrhiza (Labiatae) is an important medicinal plant in traditional Chinese medicine. Tanshinones are one of the main active components of S. miltiorrhiza. It has been found that the intraspecific variation of S. miltiorrhiza is relatively large and the content of tanshinones in its roots of different varieties is also relatively different. To investigate the molecular mechanisms that responsible for the differences among these varieties, the tanshinones content was determined and comparative transcriptomics analysis was carried out during the tanshinones accumulation stage. A total of 52,216 unigenes were obtained from the transcriptome by RNA sequencing among which 23,369 genes were differentially expressed among different varieties, and 2,016 genes includi

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8541307 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature