The phrase "a predominant function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the main or most important role that something plays in a particular context.
Example: "In this organization, a predominant function of the marketing team is to enhance brand awareness."
Alternatives: "a primary role" or "a key function".
This indicates that CAE1 is likely specifically involved or at least has a predominant function in root hair tip growth signaling.
As OST1 has a predominant function in relaying ABA signaling to stomatal closure, our subsequent analysis on putative targets will be focused on those enriched in the guard cells (Table S2).
Our findings suggest that FGFR1 specifically has a predominant function in FGF-2-promoted cartilage degeneration and OA pathophysiology.
This also defines a predominant function of scientific societies: to provide a structured means for scientists to engage with other scientists.
The Gene Ontology categories involved (oxidoreductase activity, lipid and sugars storage/metabolism, Additional file 1: Table S2, S3) seem to indicate a predominant function in energy production and resource consumption.
Given that a predominant function of KDACs is to deacetylate lysines in core histones and thereby regulate gene expression (Shahbazian and Grunstein, 2007), we tested if compromising KDAC function led to reduction of HSP90 levels.
Second, the conclusion from this study supposes that the right ventricle is pumping blood normally towards the left ventricle, which leads to a predominant role for left ventricular function on central blood volume size and on the filling pressure level.
Tests of the interplay between the two pathways on Sox1 GFP expression (supplementary material Fig. S1) indicate a predominant role of an inhibitory function of these signals, with the effects of Activin and Chi being dominant over the loss of function of either pathway.
These findings suggest that HDAC1 and HDAC2 have only partially redundant functions with a predominant role of HDAC1 in epidermal development.
FoxO proteins identified in mammals, FoxO1, FoxO3a and FoxO4, constitute a newly characterized subfamily of the Forkhead/winged helix group of transcription factors and play a predominant role in mediating various functions of the PI3K/Akt pathway [16], [17].
Here, Nkx2.7 is demonstrated to compensate for Nkx2.5 loss of function and play a predominant role in the lateral development of the heart, including normal cardiac looping and chamber formation.
