Sentence examples for devoid of native from inspiring English sources
(Not to mention Ferris Bueller!) New York is not devoid of native sports fans – Jay Z is from Brooklyn – though as a former NBA owner and prominent sports agent he's probably exceeded "fan" status.
Devoid of native mammals, it has hairy-looking birds such as the moa and the kiwi, frogs without eardrums, giant crickets, carnivorous snails, and one lizard-like creature, the tuatara, from an order that was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs.
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembled structures comprised of virus capsid proteins that closely resemble native virus but are devoid of native viral RNA or DNA and therefore have attracted significant attention as noninfectious vaccines.
By expressing MECR-1 in a yeast mutant devoid of native Etr1p, the nematode protein restored the mutant's missing functions to wild-type levels.
Mutations were introduced to generate suppressor libraries, and libraries were screened in an S. cerevisiae strain devoid of native PKA expression.
In this study, several key residues within the nucleotide-binding site of PKA were tested in vivo for their necessity in kinase function in an S. cerevisiae strain devoid of native PKA expression.
The new bacteria were completely devoid of their native genes and, after cell division, became phenotypically equivalent (similar in their observable characteristics) to M. mycoides.
The katipo is particularly notable in New Zealand as the nation is almost entirely devoid of dangerous native wildlife.
Unlike cells in vivo, cultured cells are devoid of their native 3D microenvironment.
A recently developed alternative to orthologous modelling is based on the expression of human POLG as the only mtDNA polymerase in yeast cells devoid of the native MIP1 gene, and is termed "humanized yeast" (Qian et al. 2014).
The blown-up details of the piece also reveal the lack of cultural context in the logo's landscape which is specifically "devoid of any natives who might have staked prior claims [to the land]" a disturbing fact that "references corporate Hollywood myth-making," according to the gallerists.
