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. 2018 Nov 15;13(11):e0207020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207020

Table 2. Comparison between the TCRs detected by the single cell RNA-Seq and the bulk RNA-Seq of the CD8+ T cells from the MC38 tumor and the mouse spleen.

Tissue source Locus measurement single cell only overlap cell pool only
MC38 tumor TCRα #unique TCRs 17 16 250
#cells 16 (1 biallelic)a 47 (6 biallelic)
%reads 73.2% 26.8%
TCRβ #unique TCRs 28 16 618
#cells 27 (1 biallelic) 51
%reads 70.8% 29.2%
Spleen TCRα #unique TCRs 61 1 669
#cells 58 (3 biallelic) 1
%reads 1.3% 98.7%
TCRβ #unique TCRs 82 1 2355
#cells 78 (4 biallelic) 1
%reads 0.03% 99.97%

a One cell among the 16 cells is biallelic at the TCRα locus. I.e. It has two unique TCRαs. The annotation is applicable to other similar expressions.