The phrase "an ability to trap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capability to capture or ensnare something, whether literally or metaphorically.
Example: "The detective had an ability to trap the most elusive criminals through his keen observation skills."
Alternatives: "a skill for capturing" or "a talent for ensnaring".
Although wide-field epifluorescence images suggest a blocked access, the single-molecule tracings and ESI presented here rather argue for a reduced free volume in combination with a lower ability to trap molecules, i.e., lower retention.
Fe in DRG may be less injurious than Zn because holoferritin has a prodigious ability to trap the metal.
It is the first time CO2 from a biofuel refinery has been used this way, and it is the largest demonstration in America of a basin's ability to trap carbon for many years.
In the northern latitudes, a tree's ability to trap heat and block snow reflection appears to overpower the cooling effects of its carbon dioxide consumption; without trees, these areas became 0.8° Celsius cooler by 2100 compared to the standard model.
α2M is best known for its ability to trap a broad range of proteases within a cage-like quaternary structure via covalent-linkage of the protease to intramolecular thioester bonds on α2M [1].
The ability to trap a metal-free complex suggests that the polymerase has a strong influence on metal coordination and triphosphate reorganization.
Cross-linking of multimer-rich fractions before and after TS6b incubation revealed a striking reduction in the ability to trap multimers following this step.
Thus, mucins are capable of forming enormous networks, to which the glycosylated PTS repeats confer high water-binding capacity, a selective barrier function and the ability to trap microorganisms.
The ability to trap insects may be a defensive mechanism against damage to flower parts.
It is unclear, however, whether these plants evolved the ability to trap and kill insects as an adaptation to low environmental nutrient availability or simply a defensive mechanism against insects damaging flower parts.
