The phrase "an independent function" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
An example sentence might be, "The computer algorithm was designed to perform an independent function without any outside instructions."
Client-directed lawyers often are called counselors, but in the original sense of that word giving advice as to how the law stands this is rarely an independent function; it is an inseparable part of other functions.
The commission's office of compliance, inspections and investigations will expand its scrutiny of analysts to encompass not only whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own stocks they write about or when they are paid by a firm's investment banking arm for their work.
Similarly, Dlx5 likely has an independent function in the perichondrium where it may promote differentiation to the periosteum.
The majority of studies on CCT function have thus far focused on the holoenzyme, however, an increasing body of evidence suggests that the individual subunits of CCT have an independent function and significance.
Identification of many genes, which are specifically regulated in the nfr1 mutant in response to M. loti inoculation, may reflect an independent function that is altered in the absence of NFR1 or alternatively, that NFR1 may control this gene set independently.
It is unclear if the subunit NDUFS3 has an independent function in regulating metabolic features of transformed cells.
Considering the approximately invariant shape of the AIF, this slope (the 'Patlak time') is an investigation independent function of scan time.
We also show that PRAS40 is pro-apoptotic, but this may be an mTORC1 independent function of PRAS40.
Finally, a novel dependence receptor function for ALK has recently been reported, suggesting that ALK may have an activation independent function [ 60].
The lack of skin pathology in ATGL-deficient mice clearly indicated that CGI-58 has an ATGL independent function in the skin and possibly other tissues.
While our data support an MMP independent function of TIMP-1 in promoting leukocyte migration across the glia limitans, the mechanism remains unclear.
