The phrase "and then function as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a subsequent role or purpose that something will serve after an initial action or condition is met.
Example: "The software will analyze the data and then function as a decision-making tool for the team."
Alternatives: "and subsequently act as" or "and then serve as".
Through a series of signal transduction pathways, finally, defense-related genes such as chitinase and PR-1a could be activated and their products are produced, and then function as a defense factor against oxidative stress in the apoplast of rice roots (Figure 6).
Although facial mimicry is a stable effect, studies investigating adolescents with NSSI and BPD should include it as a component, as deficits in facial mimicry can result in social interaction difficulties and misunderstandings and then function as a trigger for NSSI.
Recently, we studied the development of Acytostelium subglobosum and found that the aggregated cells first became prespore-like cells producing spore coat proteins, and then function as if they were prestalk cells to synthesize and secrete the ECM and cellulose, and finally achieve terminal differentiation of the spores at the top of culminants [ 6].
Based on the high light absorption coefficients of quantum dots (QDs), Samia et al. firstly proposed a new idea of PS-QD conjugate model, in which the QD absorbs light and then functions as a donor to transfer the energy to PS via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET).
PARs are transmembrane G-protein coupled receptors that have a unique mechanism of activation in which a portion of the receptor (the tethered ligand) is cleaved by proteolysis and then functions as the ligand for the receptor [ 305].
In A. thaliana, AtMEKK1, as a downstream kinase of the flagellin receptor FLS2, can trigger a complete plant MAPK cascade (MEKK1, MKK4/MKK5 and MPK3/MPK6), then function as a conservation innate immunity in response to both bacterial and fungal pathogens [ 7].
Henry Dreyfuss, for example, worked for the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Company during the war; he proposed (1944) to convert the company's B-24 bombers into postwar airliners, and he planned and tested the Convair car (1947), a flying vehicle whose wings could be unbolted and whose fuselage could then function as an automobile, with that same company.
Such samples could then function as acceptable and realistic performance evaluation challenges and quality control reagents for recipient laboratories.
Notch upregulates the Hes factors that then function as DNA-binding repressors and antagonize the expression of proneural bHLH genes [3].
Activated anthranilate may then function as a key precursor for production of antibiotic, siderophore, and so on.
These molecules then function as second messengers to propagate signaling information throughout the cell.
