The phrase "act as backbone for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that provides essential support or structure to another thing, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The new software will act as the backbone for our entire data management system."
Alternatives: "serve as the foundation for" or "function as the core of".
After the evaluation of different information models, PCROM made the most convincing case to act as a backbone for CRIM.
Often the institutional contexts within which biomedical HIV prevention research operate, do so under their own series of inhibitors, such as deterministic contexts which act as a backbone for the research enterprise and which by extension may structure sex workers' abilities and experiences of the research.
Si NW array with average length and diameter of about 2 microns and 150 nm, respectively, acted as backbone (trunk) for the lateral growth of ZnO NRs.
A multiple whole genome alignment of all Cpn clinical isolates served as backbone for comparative genomics.
The Co nanowire acts as the backbone for the growth of NiO nanoflake shell forming hierarchically porous Co/NiO core/shell nanowire arrays.
The Uganda innovation lab acts as the backbone for the UNICEF innovation team, rolling out existing and new solutions to other UNICEF country offices.
Viscosupplementation involves the use of intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid (HA), a glycosaminoglycan that provides joint lubrication, shock absorbency, and acts as the backbone for the proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix [ 4].
A new kind of single triple-color hyperbranched polymer PF-Ir ppy)2(PF-Ir ppyIr(piq)2 pytzph m-Irs designed and synthesized, in which green and red iridium(III) complexes acted as cores and blue polyfluorene acted as backbone.
Therefore, an 802.16 network can act as the backbone network of different subnets for better deployment.
