The phrase "active in suppressing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or a group that is actively involved in preventing or controlling something, often in a negative context.
Example: "The government has been active in suppressing dissent among its citizens."
Alternatives: "engaged in quelling" or "involved in stifling".
No major American cultural force is more opposed to examination and more active in suppressing it today than Silicon Valley.
Compounds with low micromolar to sub-micromolar IC50 values were identified, and several compounds were also found to be active in suppressing the lipopolysaccharide (LPS -stimulated TNFα production in THP-1 ceLPS -stimulatedm shifTNFαmproductionhein enzyme activity.
Compound 8b, a morpholino-carbamate derivative, prodrug of 1a, has a very good solubility in water, and is active in suppressing growth of tumor cells at a concentration of 5000 nM, which is a concentration 100 times higher than the parent stilbene 1a.
The mutant miRNA (both the 5p and the 3p strands) has much less activity than the wild type in the knock-down of 'si' expression; the 5p mutant strand (but not the 3p) also is less active in suppressing 'mi' expression.
They indicated that aromatic compounds are extremely active in suppressing immune responses in both in-vitro and in-vivo.
Counterintuitively, the BB mutant of Drosophila Merlin is known to be inactive in suppressing cell proliferation, yet our structure-based analysis indicates that the mutant Merlin should adopt a more open conformation and thus more active in suppressing cell growth.
In nearby Lee County, a Vigilance Committee was formed men from throughout Lee County, and especially Lee Center Township took an active role in suppressing the Banditti activity.
Rhodes returned by way of Egypt and took an active part in suppressing the revolt.
He took an active role in suppressing student and labour political organizations and in obstructing the powers of the zemstvos (local rural assemblies).
This suggests that H3K4 methylation plays an active role in suppressing DNA methylation in the wt, and that this effect disappears in the set1Δ strain.
It is generally accepted that phosphorylation of Ser518 acts to convert Merlin into a less active state in suppressing cell growth.
