The phrase "an early step of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial phase or action in a process or sequence.
Example: "An early step of the project involves gathering all necessary resources before moving forward."
Alternatives: "a preliminary stage of" or "an initial phase of".
H+/K+-ATPase activity comprises an early step of left-right asymmetry during development.
Time of drug addition assays showed that PTC12 inhibited an early step of infection.
K-Ras mutations at codon 12 play an important role in an early step of carcinogenesis.
At the same time, PEX6 is required for membrane fusion in an early step of peroxisome biogenesis31.
As a rare and striking exception to this rule, vertebrate oocytes loose their centrioles at an early step of oogenesis.
We then demonstrate the utility of such a system in elucidating the expression of multiple RBPs at an early step of tumor formation.
Like β-catenin, the intense immunoreactivity of hScrib was often observed in small adenomas, thus, suggesting that hScrib could be involved in an early step of colon carcinogenesis.
Last week's announcement that researchers had identified a new restriction factor that inhibits an early step of the H.I.V.-1 life cycle in immune cells is greatly encouraging as well.
This antibody, 4F4, inhibits an early step of the reaction: cleavage at the 3' end of the upstream exon and the formation of the intron lariat.
Three of the four tested compounds were able to selectively inhibit DHBV replication by acting at an early step of the hepadnavirus infection but were associated with significant toxicity.
Since the current dialog is related to an early step of the problem, the remainder of the solution is hidden (the blank area at the bottom, which will scroll down as new content appears).
