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IG_J_pseudogene

Term ID
SO:0002101
Synonyms
  • IG J pseudogene
  • IG joining pseudogene
  • IG_joining_pseudogene
  • Immunoglobulin Joining Pseudogene
  • Immunoglobulin_Joining_Pseudogene
Definition
A pseudogenic joining region which closely resembles a known functional imunoglobulin joining 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 joining region of the variable domain of an immunoglobulin chain.
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