The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. (original) (raw)

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We thank L. Goodman for assistance in editing the manuscript and R. Quatrano, L. Kochian, L. Comai, V. Sundaresan, S. Kamoun and S. Renner for critical readings of the manuscript. This work was funded by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (948 program), Ministry of Science and Technology (2006DFA32140, 2007CB815701, 2007CB815703 and 2007CB815705) and Ministry of Finance (1251610601001); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871707 and 30725008); the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (seed grant to S.H.); the Chinese Academy of Science (GJHZ0701-6 and KSCX2-YWN-023); the US Department of Agriculture (National Research Initiative grant 2006-35304-17346 to W.J.L.); the National Science Foundation (grant IOS-07-15513 to W.J.L.); and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation–Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (WCU R33-10002 and BK21 grants to J.-Y.K.). WKC was partly supported by grants from the Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center (R15-2003-012-01003-0) and National Research Laboratory (2009-0066339). This work was also supported by the Shenzhen Municipal and Yantian District Governments and the Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology. D. Qu and Z. Fang of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences provided management support for this work.

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1. Sanwen Huang, Ruiqiang Li, Zhonghua Zhang, Li Li, Xingfang Gu, Wei Fan and William J Lucas: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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1. Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crops Genetic Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Lab of Horticultural Genomics Technology, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
   Sanwen Huang, Zhonghua Zhang, Xingfang Gu, Xiaowu Wang, Bingyan Xie, Jun He, Zhiqi Jia, Yi Ren, Ying Li, Xuefeng Li, Shenhao Wang, Qiuxiang Shi, Shiqiang Liu, Han Miao, Zhouchao Cheng, Shengping Zhang, Jian Wu, Yuhong Yang, Houxiang Kang, Man Li, Rifei Sun, Baoxi Zhang, Shuzhi Jiang & Yongchen Du
2. BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
   Ruiqiang Li, Li Li, Wei Fan, Peixiang Ni, Yuanyuan Ren, Hongmei Zhu, Jun Li, Geng Tian, Yao Lu, Jue Ruan, Wubin Qian, Mingwei Wang, Quanfei Huang, Bo Li, Zhaoling Xuan, Jianjun Cao, Asan, Zhigang Wu, Juanbin Zhang, Qingle Cai, Yinqi Bai, Huiqing Liang, Xiaoli Ren, Zhongbin Shi, Ming Wen, Min Jian, Hailong Yang, Guojie Zhang, Zhentao Yang, Rui Chen, Shifang Liu, Jianwen Li, Lijia Ma, Hui Liu, Yan Zhou, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Fang, Guoqing Li, Lin Fang, Yingrui Li, Dongyuan Liu, Hongkun Zheng, Yong Zhang, Nan Qin, Zhuo Li, Guohua Yang, Shuang Yang, Lars Bolund, Hancheng Zheng, Shaochuan Li, Xiuqing Zhang, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Jun Wang & Songgang Li
3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
   Ruiqiang Li & Hongkun Zheng
4. Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
   William J Lucas
5. College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
   Kui Lin, Yang Wu & Jie Guo
6. National Maize Improvement Center of China, Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and Genome of Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
   Weiwei Jin & Yonghua Han
7. Boyce Thompson Institute and USDA Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
   Zhangjun Fei
8. High-Tech Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
   Guangcun Li
9. US Department of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Agricultural Research Service, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
   Jack Staub
10. Diversity Arrays Technology, Canberra, Australia
    Andrzej Kilian & Katarzyna Heller-Uszynska
11. Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Edwin A G van der Vossen
12. The Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    Jue Ruan, Guojie Zhang, Lijia Ma & Yingrui Li
13. High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
    Bowen Zhao
14. Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 and WCU program), PMBBRC and EB-NCRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
    Won Kyong Cho & Jae-Yean Kim
15. National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
    Yong Xu
16. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    Lars Bolund
17. Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Karsten Kristiansen & Jun Wang
18. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
    Hancheng Zheng & Shaochuan Li

Authors

1. Sanwen Huang
2. Ruiqiang Li
3. Zhonghua Zhang
4. Li Li
5. Xingfang Gu
6. Wei Fan
7. William J Lucas
8. Xiaowu Wang
9. Bingyan Xie
10. Peixiang Ni
11. Yuanyuan Ren
12. Hongmei Zhu
13. Jun Li
14. Kui Lin
15. Weiwei Jin
16. Zhangjun Fei
17. Guangcun Li
18. Jack Staub
19. Andrzej Kilian
20. Edwin A G van der Vossen
21. Yang Wu
22. Jie Guo
23. Jun He
24. Zhiqi Jia
25. Yi Ren
26. Geng Tian
27. Yao Lu
28. Jue Ruan
29. Wubin Qian
30. Mingwei Wang
31. Quanfei Huang
32. Bo Li
33. Zhaoling Xuan
34. Jianjun Cao
35. Asan
36. Zhigang Wu
37. Juanbin Zhang
38. Qingle Cai
39. Yinqi Bai
40. Bowen Zhao
41. Yonghua Han
42. Ying Li
43. Xuefeng Li
44. Shenhao Wang
45. Qiuxiang Shi
46. Shiqiang Liu
47. Won Kyong Cho
48. Jae-Yean Kim
49. Yong Xu
50. Katarzyna Heller-Uszynska
51. Han Miao
52. Zhouchao Cheng
53. Shengping Zhang
54. Jian Wu
55. Yuhong Yang
56. Houxiang Kang
57. Man Li
58. Huiqing Liang
59. Xiaoli Ren
60. Zhongbin Shi
61. Ming Wen
62. Min Jian
63. Hailong Yang
64. Guojie Zhang
65. Zhentao Yang
66. Rui Chen
67. Shifang Liu
68. Jianwen Li
69. Lijia Ma
70. Hui Liu
71. Yan Zhou
72. Jing Zhao
73. Xiaodong Fang
74. Guoqing Li
75. Lin Fang
76. Yingrui Li
77. Dongyuan Liu
78. Hongkun Zheng
79. Yong Zhang
80. Nan Qin
81. Zhuo Li
82. Guohua Yang
83. Shuang Yang
84. Lars Bolund
85. Karsten Kristiansen
86. Hancheng Zheng
87. Shaochuan Li
88. Xiuqing Zhang
89. Huanming Yang
90. Jian Wang
91. Rifei Sun
92. Baoxi Zhang
93. Shuzhi Jiang
94. Jun Wang
95. Yongchen Du
96. Songgang Li

Contributions

S.H., Y.D., Jun Wang and Songgang Li managed the project. S.H., Z.Z., W.J.L., X.G. and R.L. designed the analyses. X.G., H.M., L.L., Yuanyuan Ren, G.T., Y. Lu, Z.X., J.C., A., Z.W., J. Zhang, H. Liang, X.R., M.J., Hailong Yang, R.C., Shifang Liu and X.Z. conducted DNA preparation and sequencing. X.W., B.X., K.L., W.J., Guangcun Li, Z.F., J.S., A.K., E.A.G.v.d.V. and Y.X. contributed new reagents and analytic tools. S.H., Z.Z., W.J.L., X.G., R.L., X.W., B.X., K.L., W.J., J.H., Z.J., Yi Ren, Ying Li, X.L., S.W., Q.S., W.K.C., J.-Y.K., K.H.-U., H.M., Z.C., S.Z., J. Wu, Y.Y., H.K., Y.W., J.G., Y.H., M.L., B. Zhao, Shiqiang Liu, W.F., P.N., H. Zhu, Jun Li, J.R., W.Q., M. Wang, Q.H., B.L., Q.C., Y.B., Z.S., M. Wen, G.Z., Z.Y., Jianwen Li, L.M., H. Liu., Y. Zhou, J. Zhao, X.F., Guoqing Li, L.F., Yingrui Li, D.L., Hancheng Zheng and Shaochuan Li conducted the data analyses. S.H., R.L., Z.Z. and W.J.L. wrote the paper. Y.D., R.S., B. Zhang., S.J., G.Y., S.Y., Hongkun Zheng, Y. Zhang, N.Q., Z.L., L.B., K.K., Huanming Yang and Jian Wang revised the paper.

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Supplementary Table 18

Phylogenetic relationships of GH20-oxidase genes in cucumber (Csa), Arabidopsis (At), papaya (evm.Tu), poplar (Poptr), grapevine (GSVIVP), rice (BGIOSGA), pumpkin and watermelon. (XLS 440 kb)

Supplementary Table 19

Phylogenetic relationships of expansins in cucumber (Csa), Arabidopsis (At), papaya (evm.Tu), poplar (Poptr) and grapevine (GSVIVP). (XLS 412 kb)

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Huang, S., Li, R., Zhang, Z. et al. The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L..Nat Genet 41, 1275–1281 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.475

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• Received: 06 May 2009
• Accepted: 28 September 2009
• Published: 01 November 2009
• Issue Date: December 2009
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.475