The phrase "a universal characteristic of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a trait or quality that is common or applicable to all members of a particular group or category.
Example: "The ability to adapt to changing environments is a universal characteristic of successful species."
Alternatives: "a common trait of" or "a shared feature of".
This was believed directly to represent the order of things and to be a universal characteristic of the human mind.
Therefore, my work revealed that recognition of TSAs by lymphocytes is a critical determinant of immunoediting and that tumor immunogenicity is not a universal characteristic of all cancers.
Substantial number of walk-in patients (average of 72% in our study) to outpatient services is a universal characteristic of Taiwan's healthcare organizations.
Constant change is apparently a universal characteristic of art styles, and it is not surprising to find that there were substantial changes in Chavin art in the nine hundred years or so of its existence.
Because crystallographic texture is a universal characteristic of polycrystalline materials, this work has the potential to significantly expand the class of materials whose grain boundary networks can be controlled.
The progressive accumulation of molecular damage is a universal characteristic of ageing [1 3].
Tumor-driven angiogenesis is a nearly universal characteristic of cancer, suggesting that antiangiogenic drugs may have a wide range of clinical applications for cancer therapy [ 25].
Angiogenesis is a nearly universal characteristic of cancer, suggesting that anti-angiogenic drugs may present a wide range of clinical applications for cancer therapy [ 21].
Sloppiness has been proposed as a nearly universal characteristic of parameter sensitivity from multiparametric nonlinear models (see definition of 'universal' in [ 22]).
B-cell receptor hyper-responsiveness is identified as a nearly universal characteristic of systemic lupus erythema-tosus in mice and humans.
Eric J. Aiton, e.g., wrote that the Leibnizian project of a universal characteristic and the logical calculi resulting from it, "played a significant role in the history of logic" (1985, ix).
