The phrase "acquisition of a dependent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to legal, financial, or personal matters where someone is taking on responsibility for another person, often in terms of care or support.
Example: "The acquisition of a dependent can significantly impact one's financial obligations and responsibilities."
Alternatives: "taking on a dependent" or "gaining a dependent".
Our results indicate that reduced Rnd3 expression in tumor cells of mesenchymal origin can be linked to the acquisition of a ROCK-dependent mode of invasion and can increase the metastatic potential.
The observation of the neutral losses were then used to automatically trigger the acquisition of a "data-dependent neutral loss mode" MS spectrum for peptide sequence and modification site(s) characterization.
For example, 2 h of isoflurane-nitrous oxide anesthesia impairs acquisition of a hippocampal-dependent spatial memory task 48 h after cessation of anesthesia in young rats and at least 2 weeks after cessation of anesthesia in aged rats (Culley et al., 2004a, b; Crosby et al., 2005).
The cascade of molecular events leading to scar formation involves increased proliferation and migration of fibroblasts in response to growth factors [ 21], production and organization of specific ECM components [ 22, 23], and acquisition of an actin-dependent contractile phenotype [ 24].
Rats with an isolated CA1 area showed normal acquisition of an associative hippocampal-dependent spatial recognition task.
We therefore hypothesize that the antibody component of acquired immunity in semi-immune adults would be mainly to cross-strain epitopes, in contrast to the alternative model of a time-dependent acquisition of a diverse repertoire of strain-specific antibodies after repeated exposure to different parasite strains [28].
Survival and acquisition of a neuronal phenotype by NSCs are dependent not only on network activity, but also on the existence of a complete environment capable of supporting survival, maturation and function by the production of neurotrophins and other regulators of proliferation and differentiation (Leavitt et al 1999; Oliet et al 2001; Smit et al 2001; Ullian et al 2001).
A hierarchical acquisition of effector functions dependent on factors associated with priming conditions has been documented (e.g., in normal T cells, the activation threshold to produce IFN-γ is lower than that required for entry into the cell-cycle or to secrete IL-2 [32], [32]).
The genetic basis for the resistance to cephalosporins and for the mucoid material synthesis by some gram-negative bacteria may be chromosomally determined or dependent on the acquisition of a specific plasmid or phage (5, 9, 10 ).
