The phrase "a faulty version of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an incorrect or flawed representation of something, such as a document, idea, or product.
Example: "The software update was a faulty version of the original, causing numerous bugs and issues."
Alternatives: "an incorrect version of" or "a flawed version of".
Now, researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School believe they have discovered that a faulty version of this gene causes energy from food to become stored as fat in the body rather than be burned, contributing to obesity.
A faulty version of this gene leads to the absence of a crucial enzyme and, in humans, self-mutilating behavior.
Prions are a faulty version of a healthy protein called PrP; when it misfolds, the results are disastrous.
"Our findings are particularly interesting because there is already a test available in the clinic that can identify which patients have a faulty version of K-RAS".
At its meeting in Groton, Pfizer presented long-awaited data studying torcetrapib in 437 patients who have a faulty version of a gene that removes cholesterol from the body.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01530.001 The most common genetic change seen in cancer patients produces a faulty version of the p53 protein, which normally restricts tissue growth.
In the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists took cell samples from Europeans with either a healthy or faulty version of the FTO gene.
She might begin with a less flimsy and faulty version of what actually happened to her foot.
If a woman's mother or father has the faulty version of either gene then she has a 50% chance of inheriting it.
She has made it her mission to spread understanding of this faulty version of the gene, and of the options available to women who carry it.
Only about one in 400 women in the UK carries the faulty version of either of the two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, both of which significantly increase the risk of breast or ovarian cancer.
