Term Name: | TR_V_pseudogene |
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Synonyms: | T cell receptor V pseudogene, T cell receptor Variable pseudogene, T_cell_receptor_V_pseudogene, T_cell_receptor_Variable_pseudogene, TR V pseudogene |
Definition: | A pseudogenic variable region which closely resembles a known functional T receptor variable gene but in which the coding region has stop codons, frameshift mutations or a mutation that effects the initiation codon that rearranges at the DNA level and codes the variable region of an immunoglobulin chain. |
Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0002103] |