The phrase "a small prerequisite" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a minor requirement or condition that must be met before proceeding with something else.
Example: "Before enrolling in the advanced course, there is a small prerequisite that students must complete the introductory class."
Alternatives: "a minor requirement" or "a basic condition".
Since cellular and cell-free assays using recombinant proteins have shown that proteasomal degradation of Top1 to a small peptide is a prerequisite for TDP1 action (El-Khamisy et al, 2007; Interthal et al, 2001), the increased sensitivity of CUL4B-mutated LCLs to CPT points to a role for Cullin 4B upstream of TDP1 (Fig 2).
These have the advantage of potentially reducing the margin around the GTV required for movement uncertainty, thereby creating a smaller PTV, a prerequisite for dose escalation.
These data suggests the present QDs for the field of quantum cryptography, where a small FSS is a key prerequisite for the generation of entangled photons [27, 28].
We restrict our prerequisites to a small number of basic requirements to enhance the general applicability of our approach.
The reduction of discriminators to a small set of genes is a prerequisite for a diagnostic test that could easily be performed in a clinical setting.
First, the demand that a small type I error is a prerequisite for claims that an effect is present should be matched by an equal requirement for small type II errors (and conversely, high power) for declarations of absence of effects.
A radioresistant phenotype of a tumour may originate from a small population of cells possessing the prerequisite for survival after irradiation, indicating that heterogeneity of level of protein expression on the cellular level may be of importance when searching for markers that can predict tumour response.
Cause and effect were not yet prerequisites of childhood when I was growing up in the early '50s in a small do-nothing town in western Massachusetts.
However, only a small proportion of patients with gastrointestinal symptoms will consult a physician and not every gastrointestinal illness will be laboratory-diagnosed [ 39], a prerequisite for notification.
Courage was also a prerequisite of tribal manhood.
