Sentence examples for antagonistic function from inspiring English sources
The phrase "antagonistic function" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in contexts discussing opposing roles or effects in various fields such as biology, psychology, or literature.
Example: "The antagonist in the story serves an antagonistic function, challenging the protagonist's goals and driving the plot forward."
Alternatives: "opposing role" or "contrary function"
These results indicate that the ER export signal mimic is critical to the antagonistic function of p22, shown herein to be a novel antagonist of ER/Golgi trafficking.
One compound presented a favorable profile with an apparent neutral hPRB antagonistic function, a selective cherry-hPRB nuclear translocation and a cytostatic effect.
Furthermore, SUVH genes (i.e., SDG714, SDG727, and SDG710) are found to have an antagonistic function to the histone H3K9 demethylase gene JMJ706 in regulating H3K9 methylation and panicle development (Qin et al. 2010).
ActRIIB receptor interaction was at a very high affinity (αHPWR−/βA IC50 = 2.96 nM vs. wild type human inhibin A IC50 = 9.01 nM) (Figs. 4C and S7B), consistent with strong antagonistic function in the FSH bioassay.
Albeit Dkk1 can inhibit Wnt signalling through a direct interaction with Lrp5 or Lrp6, its antagonistic function is significantly enhanced by members of the Kremen (Krm) family, which serve as high affinity receptors for Dkk proteins [34], [35].
Bcl-x is alternatively spliced to produce Bcl-xL and Bcl-xS, two proteins with antagonistic function in apoptosis [ 4].
Alternative splicing is a posttranscriptional modification process that has been shown to be involved in the regulation of apoptosis by promoting the translation of multiple proteins from a single gene that results in a sometimes functionally heterogenic pool of proteins with antagonistic functions [ 33, 34].
Given the cancer-relevant and antagonistic functions of KLF6 and KLF6-SV1 it will be important to define the functionality of the putative NLS, the 5BR, as well as the role of nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling in regulating KLF6/KLF6-SV1 function.
The antagonistic functions of the AOS and HPL branches in the oxylipin pathway should also be mentioned.
However, when rice plants are under attack by root-knot nematodes, BR and JA play antagonistic functions in response to the infection.
Virus induced gene silencing technology revealed that both JcPIP1 and JcPIP2 have positive roles in response to water deficit stresses, but have antagonistic functions at the recovery stage.
