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Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis

Rahman AY 1 , Usharraj AO , Misra BB , Thottathil GP , Jayasekaran K , Feng Y Show all authors , Hou S , Ong SY , Ng FL , Lee LS , Tan HS , Sakaff MK , Teh BS , Khoo BF , Badai SS , Aziz NA , Yuryev A , Knudsen B , Dionne-Laporte A , Mchunu NP , Yu Q , Langston BJ , Freitas TA , Young AG , Chen R , Wang L , Najimudin N , Saito JA , Alam M

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  • 1 Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
BMC Genomics, 2013;14:75.
PMID: 23375136 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-75

Abstract

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.

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