The phrase "affects the functions of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one element or factor influences the operations or capabilities of another element or system.
Example: "The new software update significantly affects the functions of the application, improving its overall performance."
Alternatives: "influences the operations of" or "impacts the capabilities of".
Most of the spontaneous mutants have insertions of a particular mobile element named "gypsy". This element affects the functions of sequences removed from the site of insertion.
The surface water table is an important factor determining soil chemical, physical and biological processes, and thus affects the functions of forested wetlands.
However, skeletal muscle has recently been recognized as an endocrine organ that affects the functions of other organs and tissues through secretion of humoral factors, categorically called myokines.66 Interestingly, we have recently found that skeletal muscle produces a certain myokine in response to the sympathetic nervous tone stimulated by the hypothalamus (our unpublished finding).
This element affects the functions of sequences removed from the site of insertion.
Of course, the relevant question for us to consider is whether the Web 2.0 environment itself either changes or significantly affects the functions of search engines and, more importantly, the ethical issues they generate.
This decrease in turn affects the functions of several cellular enzymes involved in pathways that lead to the replication of cellular DNA and the expression of various genes.
Compromising this association affects the function of GPR107.
That, in turn, affects the functioning of the colon.
Cardiovascular drug, any agent that affects the function of the heart and blood vessels.
Raising revenue for any governmental purpose affects the functioning of the market.
But much remains to be learned about how the three-dimensional structure of chromosomes affects the function of living cells.
