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They were previously referred to as 'junk DNA' or 'dead genes' because they were thought to be completely non-functional, lacking even the ability to encode RNA.

Cdc13-1 seems to be completely non-functional at 36°C (Garvik et al, 1995) but passage of the replication fork through the telomere is necessary for ssDNA to be generated at telomeres (Vodenicharov and Wellinger, 2006).

Whereas the R162A mutant is completely non-functional, as previously shown in C1C2 and CrChR27,31, mutations to positively charged residues preserved the channel function, although the mutants showed significantly reduced amplitudes and impaired kinetics (Fig. 4d f and Supplementary Figure 8a d).

However, this sequence is completely non-functional when tested in C. intestinalis.

Further, the mutant protein was completely non-functional in terms of its ability to transactivate a series of p53-responsive genes (p21 WAF1, bax, PIG3), to transrepress a target gene and to inhibit colony growth in transfected Saos-2 cells.

We also created the AAA mutation in SRSF1 and SRSF9 and revealed that these mutations were completely non-functional in promoting β-catenin accumulation (Fig 2B D and Supporting Information Fig S2D F).

The equivalent mutant Y. lipolytica protein (Ind1 p.N271QfsX31) is completely non-functional; therefore, in the patients reported so far, residual complex I activity (>20%) is likely to be a product of the small population (15%) of transcript that is processed correctly despite the branch-site mutation (Tucker et al., 2012).

It's completely non-Islamic.

MEG is completely non-invasive.

She's completely non-dogmatic.

She was completely non-corrupt and leaves no personal fortune.