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The phrase "alter the ability of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes to someone's or something's capacity or capability to perform a task or function.
Example: "The new software update will alter the ability of the system to process data more efficiently."
Alternatives: "change the capacity of" or "modify the capability of".
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Both metal valence and surface structure alter the ability of a metal surface to dissociate molecules.
Modulators (inducers, stimulators, inhibitors and repressors) are substances that alter the ability of a transporter to transport a substrate or alter the ability of an enzyme to metabolize a substrate.
The presence of PLA sequences did not alter the ability of PCL segments to crystallize during degradation, in agreement with the microphase separation between PLA and PCL blocks.
The House bill would alter the ability of the Federal Reserve to function as effectively as it has in the recent crisis.
The team found that a point mutation in Smoothened, a G-to-C substitution at position 1697 along the protein's length, prevented GDC-0449 from binding but did not alter the ability of Smoothened to switch on the Hedgehog pathway.
It goes without saying that neither of these steps would materially alter the ability of criminals and mentally unstable individuals to acquire firearms.
"After careful review of the order's text we have determined that the order does not meaningfully alter the ability of religious institutions or individuals to intervene in the political process".
Moreover, KN62 did not alter the ability of 8CPT to induce filopodia (Figure 4A, 8CPT+KN62).
Circulating stress hormones or products of oxidative stress may alter the ability of cells to respond, as may chronic T cell activation within the patients' bodies.
In contrast, site 2 mutations did not alter the ability of full-length ataxin-3 to cleave K63-linked chains but did impair cleavage of K48-linked chains.
Shifting the timing of treatment also did not alter the ability of CC-3052 to impact bacillary clearance in the lungs.
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