The phrase "activating the alternative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the process of enabling or initiating an alternative option or choice.
Example: "In order to improve our strategy, we need to focus on activating the alternative that offers the best results."
Alternatives: "enabling the alternative" or "initiating the alternative".
Similarly, posttranslational modification of p100 by SUMO is a determining factor for stimuli-induced p100 processing, which is the primary step in activating the alternative NF- κB, and blocking SUMOylation of p100 would inhibit ultimate activation of the alternative NF- κB pathway [ 37].
A mechanism of activating the alternative pathway via mannose-binding protein in the MB lectin pathway was excluded [ 30].
To determine whether AEG40730 was capable of activating the alternative NF-κB pathway, we examined p100 processing to p52.
Conversely, GDF5 and GDF6 use BMPRII, ActRIIa, ALK3, and ALK6 receptors activating the alternative Smad 1/5/8 pathway [ 37].
IgG subtypes 1 and 3 are particularly effective at activating the classical pathway, with IgG2 being better at activating the alternative pathway(Lucisano Valim & Lachmann, 1991).
It plays a major role in preventing adherence of microorganisms to mucosal sites, in activating the alternative complement pathway, and in activating inflammatory reactions [ 35].
Because antibodies are not needed to activate the alternative pathway but are required to set off the classical cascade the alternative pathway serves as a first defense against infection and is part of the nonspecific, innate immune response, which occurs before a specific, acquired immune response can be mounted.
It is noteworthy that strains 8612, Y and Gamba 05 activated the alternative pathway less than the other strains analyzed.
The surface of rabbit erythrocytes activated the alternative complement pathway leading to their lysis and release of hemoglobin in the buffer.
To verify if these strains activate the alternative pathway, C3b deposition was analyzed in serum treated with EGTA to chelate Ca2+.
However, agonistic TLR9 treatment that activated the alternative nuclear factor-κB pathway increased salivary flow [ 75].
