The phrase "acquire the function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is learning or obtaining a specific skill or capability.
Example: "In order to succeed in this role, you must acquire the function of effective communication."
Alternatives: "attain the function" or "gain the function".
While further studies, besides the indirect evidence (see below), are required to confirm whether or not such cells could be functional, trans-differentiated cells with residual parental properties have been observed to acquire the functions of converted lineage [54], [55], [56].
We propose that nucleoplasmin may have acquired the function of SNBP removal after fertilization in many vertebrates because of the appearance and vertical evolution of SNBPs.
In fact, an A11-like gene from Xenopus [ 40] is expressed in olfactory receptor neurons, i.e. may have acquired the function served in zebrafish by S100Z.
These phylogenetic analyses have suggested that RPSA is a ribosomal protein that has acquired the function of laminin receptor during evolution [ 7, 8].
We propose that apart from a role in nutrition of the embryo, the hypoblast/AVE acquired the function of delaying PS formation while repositioning the streak precursor cells to the midline (Stern and Downs, 2012).
Moreover, the relatively fewer F-box genes in chickpea indicate that F-box proteins in chickpea may have acquired the function to recognize multiple substrates or there might be prevalence of alternative pathways for protein degradation in chickpea.
Once restricted to the intracellular environment, the opportunities for LGT are diminished, so the likelihood of reversal is low, and the possibility of ever acquiring the functions needed to live in a less specialized environment successfully (i.e. in competition with better equipped organisms) is small.
Thus, controlling these DNA conformational changes to acquire the desired function is significant for evolving DNA hybridization biosensor, used in genetic screening and molecular diagnosis.
p53 mutants exhibit a prolonged half-life, lack the sequence-specific transactivation ability and then acquire the oncogenic function.
