Therefore, our study investigated a potential endogenous role of prion protein in synaptic signaling, the lack of which could resemble a lack-of-function phenotype in prion disease.
The lack of effect on telomere length in either TANK1−/− or TANK2−/− single knockout mice could also reflect functional redundancy rather than lack of function of these two molecules.
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We assessed the association between past peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and lack of functioning AVFs.
This is evidenced by an assortment of dresses, several of them by the imaginative Dutch designer Iris van Herpen, that border on sculpture in their form and lack of function.
Any mutation that results in a lack of function for a particular gene is called a "null" mutation.
"I'm a skeptic about the ability to transform Iraq into a democracy in any realistic period of time," Mr. Scowcroft said, noting the lack of functioning institutions and a surplus of ill will among different religious and tribal groups.
The book refers to a selection of uncomfortable truths that illustrate modern America's ailing infrastructure, ranging from bridge collapses and rail disasters to a chronic lack of functioning public transport options.
The observatory said 219 civilians were on killed on Sunday, but these numbers may be an underestimate because of the number of bodies trapped in rubble, and the lack of functioning hospitals.
