The phrase "altered in structure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes made to the organization or arrangement of something, such as a text, object, or system.
Example: "The original manuscript was altered in structure to improve its flow and coherence."
Alternatives: "modified in form" or "changed in composition".
The hindbrain and midbrain of mammals are generally similar to those of other vertebrates, but dramatic differences appear in the forebrain, which is greatly enlarged and also altered in structure.
Importantly, these deleterious effects could also be indirect via other matrix molecules if mutant basement membranes are altered in structure or composition.
The diatom is fully integrated with the host cell cycle and is so altered in structure as to be difficult to recognize it as a diatom, and yet it retains a number of features normally lost in tertiary and secondary endosymbionts, most notably mitochondria.
Our results focus on ecosystems that are (a) still widespread but altered in structure and species composition (northern hardwoods communities) or (b) greatly diminished in extent (pine barrens communities).
Prior preclinical imaging studies have not interrogated how the lymphatics alter in structure and function during melanoma progression and metastasis.
But Hogan-Howe – who would lose a national role as the head of counter terrorist policing if the change took place – questioned why anything should be altered in a structure which had served the country well.
Chloroplasts and mitochondria looked remarkably altered in their structure (Fig. 5d).
This yeast strain with the genotype MATa mnn1 mnn2 is a mutant of X2180, altered in the structure of cell wall mannoproteins.
Cnr2 (CB2) mRNA expression levels were altered in both structures and 3(d)).
We defined a candidate cancer gene as recessive when affected by mutations potentially leading to loss of function; i.e. when it was frequently mutated in its coding region and frequently altered in its genomic structure, in particular deleted.
Here, we prospectively recruited patients and controls for a multisequence MRI research protocol specifically to investigate how the brain is altered in terms of structure, integrity, and connectivity in TLE, which is typically beyond the scope of clinical MRI protocols.
