Explanation of file found in figshare (transcripts expected count file)

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I downloaded CCLE_expression_transcripts_expected_count.csv from DepMap 21Q1 Public .

I could not find a description for this file. Is this file the expected number of reads in each transcript as output by some EM algorithm?

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This is the expected count for transcripts outputted by RSEM. I believe that the tool uses EM on its Bayesian model of expected counts when there is ambiguity on which read belongs to which isoform.

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