The phrase "altering the ability of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes that affect someone's or something's capacity or capability to perform a task or function.
Example: "The new policy is altering the ability of employees to work remotely, which may impact productivity."
Alternatives: "changing the capacity of" or "modifying the capability of".
These mutations reduced binding to soluble FcγRs without altering the ability of the CAR to mediate antigen-specific lysis.
That, in turn, will affect the way floods propagate by altering the ability of the land to absorb water, for example.
Thus, we investigated whether ethanol promoted antinociceptive tolerance to opioids by altering the ability of the MOR to endocytose in response to opioid peptide (Figure 3).
Therefore, strategies to induce a loss of reduced GSH pool are expected to have a major effect on cell survival and sensitivity toward irradiation by altering the ability of cells to detoxify ROS and therefore by triggering cell death.
Stehbens et al. identified a pool of MTs that extend radially into cell-cell contacts, blocking MT dynamics and thereby altering the ability of cells to concentrate and accumulate E-cadherin at cell-cell contacts [25].
This SNP was shown to result in decreased activity of the MET promoter by altering the ability of the transcription factor SP1 to bind (Campbell et al, 2006).
Both metal valence and surface structure alter the ability of a metal surface to dissociate molecules.
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.
But while these impediments may slow the companies, they do not fundamentally alter the ability of the unified AOL Time Warner to take advantage of its combined power in broadcasting, publishing, film, music and the Internet, analysts and executives said yesterday.
