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Table 1 Distribution and analysis of flax ESTs in the 13 libraries

From: Gene expression analysis of flax seed development

Tissue library

Number of ESTs sequenced

Number after cleaning

Number masked

% Trashed

Max length (nt)

Median length (nt)

GE

29,038

28,125

27,792

4%

830

631

HE

37,360

36,349

36,207

3%

1618

624

TE

40,412

39,700

39,236

3%

950

556

CE

20,514

20,209

20,131

2%

835

560

ME

28,856

28,131

27,859

3%

1,021

627

EN

22,383

22,128

22,079

1%

813

576

GC

21,245

20,976

20,897

2%

828

588

TC

20,916

20,529

20,468

2%

834

637

ES

12,193

11,791

10,804

11%

992

751

LE

15,125

14,468

12,091

20%

1,004

705

FL

6,498

5,735

5,160

21%

1,056

515

ST

12,181

11,783

11,324

7%

971

749

PS

7,557

7,231

7,224

4%

996

605

Total

274,278

267,155

261,272

5%

1,618

613

  1. Minimum cut-off length for EST analysis was 80 nucleotides.