The phrase "alter the extent of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes to the degree or scope of something, such as a policy, project, or effect.
Example: "The new regulations will alter the extent of our operations in the region."
Alternatives: "change the scope of" or "modify the degree of".
Because this entire process also is regulated by hormones such as insulin, it is likely that nutritional intervention at this early age leading to altered insulin profiles over the long-term could alter the extent of adipogenesis.
Adhesion-based changes in the conformation of the interface alter the extent of mechanophore activation.
Genetic backgrounds alter the extent of inflammatory response and might relate to clinical outcome of OPCAB.
Slight variation of building orientation could alter the extent of energy consumption.
Nitrogen seems to alter the extent of the deformation stages I, II and III and the slopes of the stress strain and the Coffin Manson fatigue curves.
Myrf deletion from OPCs did not alter the extent of spared tissue indicated by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) staining (Fig. 1j) at any point examined between 800 µm rostral to caudal of lesion epicenter following thoracic SCI (Fig. 1k).
These results demonstrate that a systematic control of BMP-2 delivery from gelatin microparticles can be achieved by altering the extent of basic gelatin crosslinking.
Pre-treatment of Arabidopsis leaves with inhibitor DBMIB, altered the extent of LHCII phosphorylation and PSI fluorescence emission suggests that activation of STN7 kinase may be dependent on Cyt b6/f under elevated temperatures in dark.
To determine the effects of altering the extent of heparan sulfation on mammary gland development, deletion mutants of Ndst1 and Ndst2 were examined.
Artificially increasing or decreasing this inhibitory synaptic conductance with dynamic clamp correspondingly altered the extent of motor impairment by the lesion without affecting normal operation.
