Identification of laticifer-specific genes and their promoter regions from a natural rubber producing plant Hevea brasiliensis

• Main Authors: Yuichi Aoki, Seiji Takahashi, Daisuke Takayama, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Nozomu Sakurai, Hideyuki Suzuki, Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Daisuke Shibata, Tanetoshi Koyama, Toru Nakayama
• Other Authors: Tohoku University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/33162
• Institution: Mahidol University

Latex, the milky cytoplasm of highly differentiated cells called laticifers, from Hevea brasiliensis is a key source of commercial natural rubber production. One way to enhance natural rubber production would be to express genes involved in natural rubber biosynthesis by a laticifer-specific overexp...