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The phrase "alternatively function as a" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a different role or purpose that something can serve in addition to its primary function.
Example: "This device can alternatively function as a speaker when connected to Bluetooth."
Alternatives: "serve as an alternative to" or "act as a substitute for".
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The third bedroom has its own entrance and can alternatively function as a den.
Trapezius activity may alternatively function as a marker of parallel pain-inducing activation responses, such as localized trigger point activity [ 8, 36, 64].
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The scaffold might alternatively function solely as a drug delivery system to the surrounding tissue or serve a dual role with cells contained within the scaffold.
Soluble IL-2R has been shown to be capable of efficiently binding IL-2; it could therefore act by binding to free IL-2, either to inhibit its interaction with cell surface receptors or alternatively to function as a transport protein.
Alternatively, Pit may function as a cofactor or an activator of a GEF for OsRac1; in this context, we recently identified a PRONE-type Rac GEF by yeast two-hybrid screening and found that it induces OsRac1 activation in vitro and in vivo (A. Akamatsu et al., unpublished data).
Alternatively, MCTP1 may function as a downstream effector protein following taste receptor activation.
Alternatively, Metnase may function as a co-factor or chaperone to increase Topo IIα reaction kinetics.
Alternatively, Tollip could function as a carrier for nuclear localization of sumoylated proteins, as suggested by the interaction with RanGAP-1.
Thus, similarly to rad18, lonrf1s might potentially be involved in DNA repair, or alternatively they might function as a ubiquitin ligase or protease.
Alternatively, BIRC6 functions as an IAP that binds DIABLO in the cytoplasm thereby inducing ubiquitination and degradation of DIABLO [ 1, 2].
Alternatively, it could function as an intermediate in active oxidative demethylation (Figure 1) [14].
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