The phrase "altering one of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes made to a specific item or element within a group or set.
Example: "The artist is altering one of the paintings to better fit the theme of the exhibition."
Alternatives: "modifying one of" or "changing one of".
Presumably, increased expression of PPP1R1A would have a beneficial effect on virus survival by altering one of the many other pathways involving PP1; for example, the cell cycle.
THE theme of a surprisingly wry campaign for an Internet services company could be summarized -- with apologies to Cole Porter -- by altering one of his song titles to declare "My Heart Belongs to Data".
"I wondered, 'What can I do with this that hasn't already been done?' " Aside from some subtle tinkering -- most notably starting the show with the song "Another Openin', Another Show" and altering one of the supporting roles, changes implemented with the help of the playwright John Guare -- Mr. Blakemore honored the original spirit of the show and was rewarded for it with rave reviews.
Meanwhile, the Times reports that the Customs and Border Protection agency is altering one of the few border crossings people think is pretty — the agency thinks that the words "United" and "States," in bright yellow twenty-foot tall letters, will make it a terrorist target.
Figure 8(a) shows local shape adjustment by altering one of the shape parameters of the first curve.
The main effect plots (see Fig. 3) illustrate the result of altering one of the variables (A orB), maintaining the other one constant at its central value.
To alter one of the model buildings would be a huge undertaking".
Maybe, Yogi said to Posada, the doctor could alter one of Posada's gloves and stitch in this kind of fishnet webbing, too.
Couldn't we preserve that as a monument?" "Our research showed that Gate 2 had been altered," one of the planners said.
The soundtrack is a collage of Namibian songs and "Magic Flute" arias, somewhat altered — one of Sarastro's arias, instead of being sung, is played by a military brass band.
As moving and as full of ceremony as they were, the two funerals yesterday only underscored the way the mass killing has altered one of the city's most hallowed rites -- the police funeral.
