Trim allele designation from a gene ID — trim_allele_to_gene • tcrdistR

Removes the allele suffix (everything from * onward) from a TCR or BCR gene identifier, returning only the gene-level name.

Usage

trim_allele_to_gene(gene_id)

Arguments

gene_id: Character string. A gene identifier containing an allele designation, e.g. "TRAV1*01" or "IGHV1-18*03".

Value

A character string with the allele suffix stripped, e.g. "TRAV1" or "IGHV1-18".

See also

load_gene_database

Examples

trim_allele_to_gene("TRAV1*01")    # "TRAV1"
#> [1] "TRAV1"
trim_allele_to_gene("IGHV1-18*03") # "IGHV1-18"
#> [1] "IGHV1-18"