Plant latex and other exudates are saps that are exuded from the points of plant damage
caused either mechanically or by insect herbivory. Although many (ca. 10%) of plant species …

Latex is a sticky emulsion that exudes upon damage from specialized canals in about 10%
of flowering plant species. Latex has no known primary metabolic function and has been …

Natural rubber is a unique biopolymer of strategic importance that, in many of its most
significant applications, cannot be replaced by synthetic alternatives. The rubber tree Hevea …

Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tyre industry but also for
more than 50,000 products that hold elasticity as an attribute. Rubber is obtained from the …

Natural rubber, obtained almost exclusively from the Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis),
is a unique biopolymer of strategic importance that, in many of its most significant …

Natural rubber (NR) is stored in latex as rubber particles (RPs), rubber molecules
surrounded by a lipid monolayer. Rubber transferase (RTase), the enzyme responsible for …

Abstract Latex of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A, Juss.) Mull. Arg.(Brazilian rubber tree)
contains 30–50%(w/w) of natural rubber (cis-1, 4-polyisoprene), which is an important raw …

This review article aims to gather all the knowledge on two important proteins associated
with Hevea brasiliensis rubber particles: namely the rubber elongation factor (REF) and the …

Annexins are an homologous, structurally related superfamily of proteins known to associate
with membrane lipid and cytoskeletal components. Their involvement in membrane …

To obtain more information on the Hevea brasiliensis genome, we sequenced the
transcriptome from the vegetative shoot apex yielding 2 311 497 reads. Clustering and …