The phrase "a distinct subset of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific group that is part of a larger category, emphasizing its uniqueness or particular characteristics.
Example: "The study focuses on a distinct subset of the population that exhibits unique behavioral traits."
Alternatives: "a specific group of" or "a unique category of".
Like AG-221, it was designed for a distinct subset of patients, in this case those whose cancers carry a mutated form of the Notch gene.
Researchers say the study, based on brain scans of compulsive hoarders, provides the first solid evidence that hoarding defines a distinct subset of patients.
But insurance does not cover these cars on the racetrack, a distinct subset of the collecting hobby.
His book The Wisdom of Psychopaths insists that individuals with "a distinct subset of personality characteristics such as ruthlessness, fearlessness, self-confidence, focus, coolness under pressure, mental toughness and a zero-calorie conscience" are needed for economies to grow and governments to flourish.
For most analytes, these changes resulted from a distinct subset of the CRPS subjects.
The TtCmr complex copurifies with crRNA species of 40 and 46 nt, originating from a distinct subset of CRISPR loci and spacers.
Therefore, mutualistic networks of interaction organized around a distinct subset of super generalists can be reasonably robust to disturbances not directed to this central backbone of their structure.
CONCLUSIONS: A distinct subset of the ovarian surface kinome is altered in the transition from high risk to invasive cancer and genetic mutation is not a dominant mechanism for these modifications.
We assessed the consistency of the calibrated model to independent analyses that used a distinct subset of data from the WIHS not used in the initial parameterization.
Recently, Gow et al. [38] reported that NO may S-nitrosylate a distinct subset of cellular proteins, DDAH being one of them.
Hydrogen bonding and van der Waals calculations revealed a distinct subset of four conserved residues constituting two sequence motifs that interact with oligosaccharides.
