The phrase "a sensitive readout of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing data or information that is delicate or requires careful interpretation.
Example: "The device provides a sensitive readout of the environmental changes occurring in the area."
Alternatives: "a delicate measurement of" or "a precise indication of".
The silencing of genes placed within centromeric heterochromatin provides a sensitive readout of heterochromatin integrity (Allshire et al, 1995).
Thus, accumulation of mitotic GSCs in the presence of colcemid serves as a sensitive readout of defective COC.
We also tested whether the bioluminescent reporter could provide a sensitive readout of the bacterial adhesion process.
It is haploinsufficient and loss of one gene copy increases the haltere size, providing a sensitive readout of Ubx levels.
To ensure that Ron is activated by MSP, we examined MAPK signalling post MSP as a sensitive readout of Ron activation.
Using 53BP1 as a sensitive readout of DSB, we found that in exponentially growing LF1/TERT cultures, 53BP1 foci and p16 upregulation occurred mostly in different cells, with only a very small fraction (2%) of double-positive cells.
Comparative analysis of GrB enzymatic activity as a sensitive readout for correct processing of the protein's N-terminus indicated that cleavage of furS and fur recognition sites apparently occurred at the expected positions.
Because Osk nucleates the pole plasm, which contains the posterior determinant, nanos mRNA, and the pole cell determinants, the number of pole cells provides a sensitive readout for the level of Osk activity (Ephrussi and Lehmann, 1992; Smith et al., 1992).
The instability of the Bu-1a locus provides a sensitive readout for delayed G4 replication and will facilitate the study of the replication of these sequences in vivo.
The PC12 cell system is a sensitive readout for ALK signalling activity as a result of receptor activation (Schönherr et al., 2011b; Yang et al., 2007).
Drosophila primary neurons offer a sensitive readout for neurotoxicty, as their neurites develop dysmorphic features in the presence of mutant polyglutamine-expanded Huntingtin compared to nonpathogenic Huntingtin.
