The phrase "altering components" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing modifications or changes made to parts of a system, device, or structure.
Example: "The engineer focused on altering components of the machine to improve its efficiency."
Alternatives: "modifying parts" or "changing elements".
Overexpression of Wnt4 may interrupt such a relationship, by either changing the cell membrane structure of chondrocytes or altering components of the ECM.
We demonstrate that PGE2 modifies canonical Wnt signalling in NE-4C stem cells by altering components of cell motility such as final distance travelled, path length travelled, average speed of migration, as well as cell splitting behaviour.
Minimization of cement strain, especially at the crucial proximal and distal areas of the stem, by altering component design may be able to reduce cement prosthesis debonding and improve clinical results.
A wave of new research has incorporated a multispecies community context, showing that additional ecological interactions can alter components of host and parasite fitness, as well as interaction specificity and virulence.
The WSJ is reporting that HTC is now working with Qualcomm to alter components to prevent another possible lawsuit.
Similarly, for disaster risk governance systems, we can expect disasters to alter components of the system, at least temporarily – whether perturbations are low-intensity but frequent or singular, high-intensity events.
Acidosis and low oxygen significantly altered components of the redox system.
Indeed, the effects of recent trauma, thoracic surgery, or prior radiation therapy alter components of the mediastinal silhouette and compromise the utility of the VPW [ 18, 19].
Emerging evidence suggests that altered components and post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins in the ECM may both initiate and drive disease progression (Leeming et al., 2011a).
These viruses may alter components of PML-NBs, regulate expression and localization of PML protein, and even disrupt PML-NB structure (recent review in [ 131]).
When moderate, the macroautophagic activity enables senescent NHEKs (i) to escape autophagic programmed cell death and (ii) to ensure the elimination of various accumulated altered components, especially the oxidized ones, which could be deleterious.
