The phrase "a functional cluster of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of elements or components that work together for a specific purpose or function.
Example: "The research team identified a functional cluster of genes that regulate stress response in plants."
Alternatives: "a working group of" or "an operational set of".
Despite this reservation, both the latter studies found a functional clustering of disease genes.
However, a functional clustering of particular gene sequences was not evident.
A functional clustering of lists of differentially expressed probesets was carried out with the Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) web tool http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/ [ 20].
A functional cluster in terms of Granger causality can be defined as a subset of genes that strongly interact among themselves but interact weakly with the rest of the network.
Briefly, the activity of each neuron in the model represents the activity of a certain functional cluster of neurons.
A second functional cluster of 14 proteins was identified that contained KSR1.
This analysis of whole genome gene conservation among methanogens showed that M1 and other members of the Methanobacteriales formed a functional cluster that shared a large number of conserved genes predicted to be involved in core biological functions (low e-value cut-off 1e-100, Table S6).
Our finding of a functional Cluster N in the meadow pipit implies that this day- and night-migrating species is putatively able to detect the Earth's magnetic field, and might use this information as a compass reference cue.
Taken collectively, ReHo investigation gives insight into coherent local connectivity of a functional cluster and is necessary for further interpreting functional changes in SAD patients, whilst the combination with SVM identifies more distributed and subtle ReHo changes helpful in characterization at individual level therefore yielding results with great potential in clinical translation.
Next, we used DAVID (http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/) for a functional clustering analysis of the neighboring gene list to see whether there were some biologically meaningful clusters.
