Table 1.

Overview of transcriptome assembly, annotation and CDS prediction.

		Lithospermum erythrorhizon	Arnebia euchroma	Echium plantagineum
Assembly	Total Length (bp)	84,508,068	87,189,611	55,592,752
	N50 Length (bp)	1,856	1,629	1,653
	GC (%)	39.84	40.62	40.76
	Total Unigenes	76,455	89,639	54,627
Annotation	NR	50,832	57,717	39,503
	NT	41,021	45,267	32,705
	SwissProt	35,812	40,061	28,792
	InterPro	40,327	42,085	31,160
	KEGG	38,173	43,093	29,514
	COG	21,514	21,975	16,409
	GO	7,486	10,182	7,871
	Overall	54,128	61,221	41,313
CDS prediction	Blast CDS	50,396	56,602	38,863
	ESTScan CDS	3,279	4,126	1,578
	Total CDS	53,675	60,728	40,441