The phrase "acquire the potential" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of gaining or developing the ability or capacity to do something.
Example: "Through rigorous training and practice, athletes can acquire the potential to excel in their sport."
Alternatives: "gain the ability" or "develop the capacity".
The identification of these cellular proteins will help to elucidate the mechanisms by which the viruses acquire the potential to become pandemic in the human population.
A programmed switching system combined with an array of potentiometric sensors consisting of seven potentiometric sensors (i.e., ion-selective or cross-selective electrodes) was connected directly to a pH/potentiometer and a computer (PC) to sequentially acquire the potential corresponding to water sample mixtures.
For example, Microsoft has acquired Yahoo, by applying record linkage technique on their client databases, and we can not only obtain common clients between them, but also acquire the potential new clients from Yahoo, which has significant business value for Microsoft.
During neurogenesis, clusters of 12 20 cells first acquire the potential to become neuronal cells.
Rather, our data suggest that nuclei of non-muscular origin acquire the potential to bind centrosome proteins, once exposed to a differentiated, muscular environment.
Most importantly, only cells at this predifferentiation arrest state acquire the potential to differentiate without undergoing DNA synthesis.
In the case of deregulation, TBX3 also acquires the potential to become an oncogene in melanoma cells14.
In fact, enclaves were quite common before modern national borders became significant [8], which is when they acquired the potential to wreak geostrategical havoc.
Whenever saturated air leaves the humidifier chamber at 37°C and condensate accumulates in the circuit, the gas loses humidity and acquires the potential to dry airway secretions near the tip of the endotracheal tube.
Along the way, we now know, he acquired the potential to make up to $100 million in business dealings involving these same oil reserves.
The formation of a figure-eight-like structure occurs within the inhomogeneity; this later disappears and the medium acquires the potential to support more than one scroll; hence the existence of three filaments is observed.
