The phrase "a pivotal function in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an essential or crucial role that something plays within a particular context or system.
Example: "The new software plays a pivotal function in streamlining our workflow and improving efficiency."
Alternatives: "a crucial role in" or "an essential part of".
Even the stories that lack a pivotal function in the plot, like the reverential one about Paul Robeson, contribute to the broader message: that some neighborhoods can always find hope in a dream.
Both gene products are known to have a pivotal function in pain mechanisms, thus making these associations particularly stimulating.
In addition to the originally identified role in defence signalling, WRKY TFs have a pivotal function in seed germination, flower development, senescence and the abiotic stress response (Tripathi et al. 2014).
SOD performs a pivotal function in combating oxidative stress in plants, and a marked increase in SOD activity has been demonstrated to occur upon exposure to oxidative stress (Jalali-e-Emam et al. 2011).
Taken together these results established that Cdc42 played a pivotal function in the transmission of the MPA-mediated necrotic signal.
Present across cultures and emerging early in childhood [6] [8], MTT is believed to serve a pivotal function in human cognition.
The more vigorous angiogenesis by FPR+ GBM cells was further shown by higher microvessel density in tumours formed by such tumour cells, indicating a pivotal function of FPR in enhancing the angiogenic and vasculogenic process in GBM.
Taking into account that POP2 coding sequence is thought to be present as a single copy in Arabidopsis genome [ 25, 34], its prominent expression level suggests a pivotal function of GABA-T in GABA accumulation upon NaCl treatment.
Increasing evidence points to a pivotal function for monocyte/macrophages not only in synovial inflammation and joint destruction but also in obesity, eye and bowel inflammation and cardiovascular disease, which occur in many subjects with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis [ 11].
These data point towards a pivotal function of IFNβ producing microglia in the orchestration of phagocytosis of myelin debris by not only neighboring microglia but also immigrating phagocytes in CNS autoimmunity.
One of the most common mutations in AML occurs in the open reading frame of FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), which is the receptor for FLT3-ligand, a cytokine with pivotal function in dendritic cell (DC) differentiation and in stem cell renewal [ 2, 3].
