@article {Sudarmono:2007p7986,
	title = {Speciation process of Salvia isensis (Lamiaceae), a species endemic to serpentine areas in the Ise-Tokai district, Japan, from the viewpoint of the contradictory phylogenetic trees generated from chloroplast and nuclear DNA},
	journal = {Journal of Plant Research},
	volume = {120},
	number = {4},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {483{\textendash}90},
	abstract = {To understand the speciation process of Salvia isensis (Lamiaceae), a species endemic to a special environment (serpentine areas in the Ise-Tokai district, central Honshu, Japan), chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) were employed to analyze the phylogenetic relationships of S. isensis with related species in Japan. Allozymic polymorphisms were also used to analyze genetic relationships among Salvia species. A contradiction in the phylogenetic positions of species studied was detected when phylogenetic trees were constructed using cpDNA or nrDNA, i.e., S. isensis was a sister to the other species in phylogenetic trees generated from cpDNA, while S. japonica was a sister to the other species in the case of nrDNA. Genetic relationships between Salvia species estimated from allozymic polymorphisms did not contradict to the topology for nrDNA. Using the present results, the speciation process of S. isensis is discussed with regard to introgressive gene exchanges between related species.},
	keywords = {Base Sequence, Cell Nucleus, DNA Primers, DNA: Chloroplast, Japan, Phylogeny, Salvia},
	doi = {10.1007/s10265-007-0075-2},
	author = {Sudarmono and Hiroshi Okada}
}
@article {Wang:2007p7983,
	title = {[Analysis of ITS sequences of some medicinal plants and their related species in Salvia]},
	journal = {Yao Xue Xue Bao},
	volume = {42},
	number = {12},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {1309{\textendash}13},
	abstract = {Molecular systematic techniques were applied to reveal the genetic diversity of medicinal plants and their related species in Salvia. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) as well as 5.8S rDNA sequences of 27 samples of Salvia were amplified using PCR method and sequenced. Mega 3.1 was used to analyze the genetic diversity within genus. The complete sequences of ITS plus 5.8S rDNA are about 612-617 bp. A phylogenetic tree generated by Neighbor-Joining method partly supported the morphological classification within Salvia, but incompatible results were also obtained in the treatment of phylogenetic positions of some species such as Salvia trijuga, Salvia flava var. flava and Salvia flava var. megalentha. The ITS regions of present Salria species showed considerable variation between subgenera in contrast with the conservative 5.8S rDNA sequences. The native Salvia species might have a different origin from the foreign species. The phylogenetic positions of subgenera and sections inferred by ITS analysis were comparable with that of traditional classification, while the phylogeny within sections is still doubtful due to limited information in ITS sequence and need to be further proved by other evidence. ITS analysis in this study supports the rationality of using species from Drymosphace section as substitute drug resources of Dan shen, but also reveals significant genetic differences between high mountain Dan shen species such as Salvia przewalskii with traditional Dan shen origins.},
	keywords = {Base Sequence, DNA: Plant, DNA: Ribosomal, DNA: Ribosomal Spacer, Genetic Variation, Phylogeny, Plants: Medicinal, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA: Ribosomal: 5.8S, Salvia, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis: DNA},
	author = {Ying Wang and Da-hui Li and Ying-tao Zhang}
}
@article {Zhang:2007p7990,
	title = {[Correlation between ITS genotype and geographical distribution of Pogostemon cablin]},
	journal = {Yao Xue Xue Bao},
	volume = {42},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {93{\textendash}7},
	abstract = {To investigate the correlation between genotype and distribution of Pogostemon cablin by sequencing ITS1 and ITS2 genes, and provide molecular information for its germplasm evaluation, ITS1 and ITS2 genes of Pogostemon cablin from different localities were identified by PCR direct sequencing. The sequences of ITS1 and ITS2 genes were 424 bp and 380 bp in length, respectively. And nineteen base substitutions were observed in ITS1 gene, and five in ITS2 gene. The results showed a good correlation between genotype and distribution of Pogostemon cablin, and ITS gene sequencing could provide useful molecular information for germplasm evaluation of the plant species verification.},
	keywords = {Base Sequence, Biodiversity, China, Cluster Analysis, DNA: Plant, DNA: Ribosomal, DNA: Ribosomal Spacer, Genotype, Geography, Lamiaceae, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Plant Leaves, Plants: Medicinal, Sequence Analysis: DNA},
	author = {Ying Zhang and Yao Chen and Jin-Chao Zhang and Meng-Su Yang and Hui Cao and Pei-Gen Xiao}
}
@article {Berger:2006p7995,
	title = {Rosmarinic acid synthase is a new member of the superfamily of BAHD acyltransferases},
	journal = {Planta},
	volume = {224},
	number = {6},
	year = {2006},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {1503{\textendash}10},
	abstract = {Purification of rosmarinic acid synthase (hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:hydroxyphenyllactate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase) from suspension cells of Coleus blumei Benth. (Lamiaceae) by fractionated ammonium sulphate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and two affinity chromatography steps led to the identification of peptide sequences, which enabled a PCR-based approach to isolate the full-length cDNA encoding this enzyme. The open reading frame of the cDNA had a length of 1290 base pairs encoding a protein of 430 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 47,932 Da with typical characteristics of an acyltransferase of the BAHD superfamily. The cDNA was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme displayed the activity of rosmarinic acid synthase using 4-coumaroyl- and caffeoyl-coenzyme A and 4-hydroxyphenyllactate as well as 3.4-dihydroxyphenyllactate as substrates. Shikimic acid and quinic acid were not able to serve as hydroxycinnamoyl acceptors. This therefore is the first report of the cDNA-cloning of a rosmarinic acid synthase.},
	keywords = {Acyltransferases, Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, DNA: Complementary, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction},
	doi = {10.1007/s00425-006-0393-y},
	author = {Anja Berger and Juliane Meinhard and Maike Petersen}
}
