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Expression profiles of genes involved in tanshinone biosynthesis of two Salvia miltiorrhiza genotypes with different tanshinone contents

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81001603; 81274012) and Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2015HM020). Authors thank Dr Jiping Zhao (Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, USA) for his helpful comments on the manuscript.

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[Song Z., Wang J. and Li X. 2016 Expression profiles of genes involved in tanshinone biosynthesis of two Salvia miltiorrhiza genotypes with different tanshinone contents. J. Genet. 95, xx–xx]

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SONG, Z., WANG, J. & LI, X. Expression profiles of genes involved in tanshinone biosynthesis of two Salvia miltiorrhiza genotypes with different tanshinone contents. J Genet 95, 433–439 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0621-6

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