Dataset downloads

The draft genome assembly generated by our sequencing consortium is available for download. The draft genome has been published here. A manuscript describing the transcriptome is here.

By downloading the following data, you agree that the data can be freely used and that a full analyses based on these data cannot be published by you before publication by our sequencing consortium.

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Genome assembly

Please cite this paper if you use the genome for your publication:
Naim F, Nakasugi K, Crowhurst RN, Hilario E, Zwart AB, et al. (2012) Advanced Engineering of Lipid Metabolism in Nicotiana benthamiana Using a Draft Genome and the V2 Viral Silencing-Suppressor Protein. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52717.

• Draft genome assembly v0.3, gzip file (668Mb)

Transcriptome assembly

Please cite this paper if you use the transcriptome for your publication:
Nakasugi K, Crowhurst RN, Bally J, Wood CC, Hellens RP, Waterhouse P. (2013) De Novo Transcriptome Sequence Assembly and Analysis of RNA silencing genes of Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59534.

• Transcriptome assembly v3, gzip file (58Mb)
• Unigene set of transcriptome v3 assembly, generated with cd-hit-est at 95% identity threshold, gzip file (29Mb)

RNA silencing associated genes

Below are RNA silencing associated gene sequences that were bioinformatically identified in our transcriptome paper.

• RNA silencing genes, CDS, gzip file (30Kb)
• RNA silencing genes, protein, gzip file (30Kb)

Other assemblies

A draft N. benthamiana genome assembly from the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) is also available at the Solgenomics website.