Breakdown of Rice cDNA Libraries Represented in dbEST
| dbEST library identifier | Library description | Number of ESTs |
| 1073 | immature seed (5 days after pollination) | 5094 |
| 307 | green shoot (8 days old) | 3790 |
| 961 | callus | 3542 |
| 75 | callus | 3229 |
| 193 | etiolated shoot (8 days old) | 3148 |
| 499 | panicle (at flowering stage) | 2025 |
| 101 | seedling root | 1884 |
| 535 | panicle (at ripening stage) | 1478 |
| 1275 | [ii]callus (H. Uchimiya) | 1431 |
| 1009 | panicle (shorter than 3 cm) | 890 |
| 967 | panicle (longer than 10 cm) | 365 |
| 1010 | immature leaf including apical meristem | 358 |
| 322 | FDRSC | 310 |
| 621 | etiolated leaf tissue | 132 |
| 966 | panicle (between 3 and 10 cm) | 74 |
| 968 | etiolated shoot | 43 |
| 1404 | late flower (panicle size 1–2 cm) | 42 |
| 1396 | etiolated leaf | 32 |
| 1281 | suspension culture | 29 |
| 466 | FDRRC | 13 |
| 1137 | [iii]seed (A. Suzuki) | 6 |
| 969 | leaf (photoperiod insensitive) | 2 |
| 1395 | early flower (panicle size <1 cm) | 2 |
| 1321 | early embryogenesis | 2 |
| 1243 | — | 2 |
| 1176 | salt stressed | 2 |
| 1266 | [iv]etiolated shoot (Y. Jiang) | 1 |
[i] Data as of October 1998. For each library, the dbEST identifier is shown with a short description if available (taken from dbEST). Only the 10 cDNA libraries contributing significant numbers of ESTs (libraries 1073 to 1009) were further used in this study.
[ii] H. Uchimiya, University of Tokyo, Japan.
[iii] A. Suzuki, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan.
[iv] Y. Jiang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.