Nicotiana benthamiana

Nicotiana benthamiana, which originates from the remote regions of northern Australia, is used in many plant biology labs around the world because of its excellent properties for rapid transient expression of transgenes delivered into leaves by Agro-infiltration.

The plant is used for many different types of research including gene silencing, metabolic engineering, plant-microbe interactions, protein-protein interactions and gene function studies.

The primary purpose of this site is to provide access to our genome and transcriptome information for this plant. See Sequencing Strategy for details.

This is an endeavour by an Australian & New Zealand Consortium consisting of the University of Sydney, CSIRO and Plant and Food Research (New Zealand).

 

Feature Articles

• Latest News

  

  * Transcriptome published: De Novo Transcriptome Sequence Assembly and Analysis of RNA Silencing Genes of Nicotiana benthamiana

  * Transcriptome assembly available for download.

  * Genome assembly available for download.

  * Draft genome published: Advanced Engineering of Lipid Metabolism in Nicotiana benthamiana Using a Draft Genome and the V2 Viral Silencing-Suppressor Protein.

• Latest Publications using N. benthamiana

  

  Recent N. benthamiana publications in PubMed.

• Applications using N. benthamiana

  

  * Silencing * Antibodies * Anti-virus vaccines * Anti-cancer vaccines *
  * Plant-Microbe interactions * Metabolic Engineering *

• History of N. benthamiana

  

  For a history of N. benthamiana, see this review.