Term Name: frameshift_variant
Synonyms: ANNOVAR:frameshift block substitution, ANNOVAR:frameshift substitution, frameshift variant, frameshift_, frameshift_coding, Jannovar:frameshift_variant, Seattleseq:frameshift, Seattleseq:frameshift-near-splice, snpEff:FRAME_SHIFT, VAAST:frameshift_variant, VAT:deletionFS, VAT:insertionFS, VEP:frameshift_variant
Definition: A sequence variant which causes a disruption of the translational reading frame, because the number of nucleotides inserted or deleted is not a multiple of three.
Ontology: Sequence Ontology [SO:0001589]

Relationships
is a type of: protein_altering_variant
has subtype: frame_restoring_variant frameshift_elongation frameshift_truncation frameshift_variant_NMD_escaping frameshift_variant_NMD_triggering minus_1_frameshift_variant minus_2_frameshift_variant plus_1_frameshift_variant plus_2_frameshift_variant