Large-scale collection of full-length cDNA and transcriptome analysis in Hevea brasiliensis

Y Makita, KK Ng, G Veera Singham… - DNA …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Natural rubber has unique physical properties that cannot be replaced by products from
other latex-producing plants or petrochemically produced synthetic rubbers. Rubber from …

The rubber tree genome shows expansion of gene family associated with rubber biosynthesis

NS Lau, Y Makita, M Kawashima, TD Taylor, S Kondo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg, a member of the family Euphorbiaceae, is the sole
natural resource exploited for commercial production of high-quality natural rubber. The …

De Novo Assembly and Transcriptome Analysis of the Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) and SNP Markers Development for Rubber Biosynthesis Pathways

CC Mantello, CB Cardoso-Silva, CC da Silva… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. Ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. is the primary source of natural rubber
that is native to the Amazon rainforest. The singular properties of natural rubber make it …

RNA-Seq analysis and de novo transcriptome assembly of Hevea brasiliensis

Z Xia, H Xu, J Zhai, D Li, H Luo, C He, X Huang - Plant molecular biology, 2011 - Springer
Hevea brasiliensis, being the only source of commercial natural rubber, is an extremely
economically important crop. In an effort to facilitate biological, biochemical and molecular …

Construction of Pará rubber tree genome and multi-transcriptome database accelerates rubber researches

Y Makita, M Kawashima, NS Lau, AS Othman, M Matsui - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Natural rubber is an economically important material. Currently the Pará rubber
tree, Hevea brasiliensis is the main commercial source. Little is known about rubber …

Insights into rubber biosynthesis from transcriptome analysis of Hevea brasiliensis latex

KS Chow, KL Wan, MNM Isa, A Bahari… - Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Hevea brasiliensis is the most widely cultivated species for commercial production of natural
rubber (cis-polyisoprene). In this study, 10 040 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were …

Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis

AYA Rahman, AO Usharraj, BB Misra, GP Thottathil… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
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 …

Next-generation sequencing, assembly, and comparative analyses of the latex transcriptomes from two elite Hevea brasiliensis varieties

D Li, L Hao, H Liu, M Zhao, Z Deng, Y Li, R Zeng… - Tree genetics & …, 2015 - Springer
The great progress has been made in rubber tree breeding, but the molecular mechanisms
underlying high yield are not well understood. Here, we reported the sequencing, assembly …

Transcriptome analysis of rubber biosynthesis in guayule (Parthenium argentatum gray)

SH Stonebloom, HV Scheller - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Natural rubber is currently produced nearly exclusively from latex of the Para
rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. The desire to reduce the environmental cost of rubber …

Comparative transcriptomics between high and low rubber producing Taraxacum kok-saghyz R. plants

F Panara, L Lopez, L Daddiego, E Fantini, P Facella… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Taraxacum kok-saghyz R.(Tks) is a promising alternative species to Hevea
brasiliensis for production of high quality natural rubber (NR). A comparative transcriptome …