The phrase "a leading function in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a prominent or significant role that someone or something plays in a particular context or field.
Example: "She has taken on a leading function in the development of new technologies within the company."
Alternatives: "a key role in" or "a prominent position in".
Moreover, we found that CHD4 directly bound PAR chains, which concurs with CHD4 having a leading function in recruiting other NuRD subunits to DNA-damage sites.
Collectively, these findings suggested that CHD4 is recruited to DNA-damage sites as part of the NuRD complex and that CHD4 has a leading function in NuRD recruitment.
Although p53 status has a leading function in determining the efficacy of apoptotic signalling, tumour cells including EOC can evade apoptosis using multiple mechanisms (Johnstone et al, 2002; Kaufmann and Vaux, 2003; Quintieri et al, 2007).
Diesel engine system design (DESD) is an important and leading function in the design and development of modern low-emissions EGR diesel engines.
As we mentioned in an earlier article, the CEO must play a leading role in establishing the analytics function in his or her organization.
Varin studied at the top French technical schools and then had leading functions in the state metal industry in France and the Netherlands.
The purpose of this conceptual study was to examine the potential impacts and challenges when integrating 3DP technology into the fashion industry, where 3DP functions as a leading method in DDM.
In many parts of Africa Prosopis invasions are a leading cause of detrimental impacts on local community structure and functioning, leading to an increase in their vulnerability.
In theory, because the commissioner – Britain's leading police officer – has a national function in areas such as counterterrorism and is answerable to the home secretary as well as the mayor and the Metropolitan Police Authority, he could have fought the move.
Since vesicle fusion is still impaired after overexpression of either SNAP-25 or a C-terminal peptide of synaptobrevin-2 we assumed that in addition to docking, Munc18-1 plays a critical function in downstream events leading to exocytosis (de Wit et al. 2009) (Fig. 3).
Diagnosis takes an average of four more years, missing the window of opportunity during which the autistic brain is capable of learning "normal" patterns, leading to an ability to function in society.
