The phrase "alter competence" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing changes or modifications to someone's skills or abilities.
Example: "The training program is designed to alter competence in project management among team members."
Alternatives: "modify skills" or "change abilities".
How autoantibodies to glycolytic enzymes would alter metabolic competence of immune cells is unclear.
Determination of the altered immune competence in patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs depends on the general condition and the degree and mode of action of the immunosuppressive medication [8].
In agreement with previous work (Chen et al., 2010; Dijkers and O'Farrell, 2007), neither p38 nor calcineurin significantly altered immune competence in adult flies (data not shown).
Finally, higher abundance of transcripts for genes involved in innate cellular immunity and lower abundance of transcripts for humoral immune components implied altered immune competence in response to elevated temperature.
Further insight should be obtained by examining whether absence of Nanog facilitates efficient conversion of ES cells into EpiSCs and whether EpiSCs lacking Nanog can be maintained or have altered developmental competence.
The results demonstrated that the exposition to 30 mg/kg during 24 hours did not alter the antioxidant competence and yielded in higher levels of lipid peroxidation.
These data suggest that maternal exposure to air pollution before and during pregnancy may alter the immune competence in offspring thus increasing the child's risk of developing health conditions later in life, including asthma and allergies.
A modification in any of the factors that make up this complex physiological environment can drastically alter the vectorial competence of mosquitoes (Dong et al. 2006; Garver et al. 2009).
Histone chaperones, due to their ability to assemble/disassemble nucleosomes, function together with other epigenetic factors like ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors, HDACs, and HATs to alter the transcriptional competence of a chromatin region [ 49].
Aging T cells display a series of abnormalities, including the unopposed up-regulation of cytoplasmic phosphatases and the loss of glycolytic competence, that alter their response to stimulating signals and undermine their longevity.
