Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the shape, structure, color, or pattern of the distinct lineage of T cells expressing natural killer cell markers and having T cell receptors characterized by the usage of a restricted repertoire of variable region gene segments.
Comment:
Note that these are a distinct cell population from NK cells.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
NK T lymphocyte morphology trait; NKT cell morphology trait; natural T cell morphology trait; natural killer T cell morphology trait; natural killer T lymphocyte morphology trait