TY - JOUR
T1 - Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis
AU - Rahman, Ahmad Yamin Abdul
AU - Usharraj, Abhilash O.
AU - Misra, Biswapriya B.
AU - Thottathil, Gincy P.
AU - Jayasekaran, Kandakumar
AU - Feng, Yun
AU - Hou, Shaobin
AU - Ong, Su Yean
AU - Ng, Fui Ling
AU - Lee, Ling Sze
AU - Tan, Hock Siew
AU - Sakaff, Muhd Khairul Luqman Muhd
AU - Teh, Beng Soon
AU - Khoo, Bee F.
AU - Badai, Siti Suriawati
AU - Aziz, Nurohaida Ab
AU - Yuryev, Anton
AU - Knudsen, Bjarne
AU - Dionne-Laporte, Alexandre
AU - Mchunu, Nokuthula P.
AU - Yu, Qingyi
AU - Langston, Brennick J.
AU - Freitas, Tracey Allen K.
AU - Young, Aaron G.
AU - Chen, Rui
AU - Wang, Lei
AU - Najimudin, Nazalan
AU - Saito, Jennifer A.
AU - Alam, Maqsudul
PY - 2013/2/2
Y1 - 2013/2/2
N2 - Background: Hevea brasiliensis, a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, is the major commercial source of natural rubber (NR). NR is a latex polymer with high elasticity, flexibility, and resilience that has played a critical role in the world economy since 1876.Results: Here, we report the draft genome sequence of H. brasiliensis. The assembly spans ~1.1 Gb of the estimated 2.15 Gb haploid genome. Overall, ~78% of the genome was identified as repetitive DNA. Gene prediction shows 68,955 gene models, of which 12.7% are unique to Hevea. Most of the key genes associated with rubber biosynthesis, rubberwood formation, disease resistance, and allergenicity have been identified.Conclusions: The knowledge gained from this genome sequence will aid in the future development of high-yielding clones to keep up with the ever increasing need for natural rubber.
AB - Background: Hevea brasiliensis, a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, is the major commercial source of natural rubber (NR). NR is a latex polymer with high elasticity, flexibility, and resilience that has played a critical role in the world economy since 1876.Results: Here, we report the draft genome sequence of H. brasiliensis. The assembly spans ~1.1 Gb of the estimated 2.15 Gb haploid genome. Overall, ~78% of the genome was identified as repetitive DNA. Gene prediction shows 68,955 gene models, of which 12.7% are unique to Hevea. Most of the key genes associated with rubber biosynthesis, rubberwood formation, disease resistance, and allergenicity have been identified.Conclusions: The knowledge gained from this genome sequence will aid in the future development of high-yielding clones to keep up with the ever increasing need for natural rubber.
KW - Euphorbiaceae
KW - Genome
KW - Hevea brasiliensis
KW - Natural rubber
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U2 - 10.1186/1471-2164-14-75
DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-14-75
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 23375136
AN - SCOPUS:84873030734
SN - 1471-2164
VL - 14
JO - BMC Genomics
JF - BMC Genomics
IS - 1
M1 - 75
ER -