The phrase "alternative function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a different or additional role or purpose of something, often in technical or mathematical discussions.
Example: "In programming, the alternative function can be used to provide a different output when the primary function fails."
Alternatives: "substitute function" or "secondary function".
In the remaining sequences, 45 were Trxh sequences, 15 lacked functional annotation, and none were annotated with an alternative function.
Bleth brings up an alternative function for the facility.
Each beautifully designed piece has an alternative function, be it a backpack that becomes a sleeping back or a silver tent that transforms into an overcoat.
Consequently, race encoding must be a byproduct of mechanisms that evolved for some alternative function.
Moreover, we have identified an alternative function of H. pylori catalase with implications for evasion of the innate immune response and consequently virulence.
It may be an alternative function that contributes to the antiviral and anti-tumor activities of GAP31.
A plausible alternative function of glucosinolates could lie in the interaction with the rizhosphere microbiome as a chemotoxine to inhibit bacterial growth and eliminate bacterial competence for available Mn.
In order to improve this situation, an alternative function is sought for the inelastic (transition) region such that the first derivative is continuous or nearly so.
In accordance with classical models of language and evidence from functional studies, the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices discriminated among perceived and produced vowels respectively, also engaging in the non-classical, alternative function – i.e. perception in the inferior frontal and production in the superior temporal cortex.
Notably, the vast majority of tumours with the 11q13 amplification had large deletions in the telomeric region of 11q22, including other genes known to be important in cell death in cancer such as ATM and CASP1, 4, 5 and 12. Amplification of 11q13 was anti-correlated with CASP8 mutations, suggesting an alternative function of CASP8 and FADD in cell death/NF-κB activation35.
Participants primed with a counterfactual were more likely to solve the Duncker candle problem (Experiment 1), suggesting that they noticed an alternative function for one of the objects, an awareness that is critical to solving the problem.
