The phrase "apparent role of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the perceived or observable function or significance of something in a particular context.
Example: "The apparent role of social media in shaping public opinion cannot be underestimated."
Alternatives: "perceived function of" or "observable significance of".
DNA gap filling, promoted by ATR, would prevent the involvement of ATM, providing an explanation for the apparent role of ATR in antagonizing ATM.
The apparent role of the news media in the outcome of the Tyco fraud case had some legal experts and journalists yesterday predicting a less public judicial process as a result.
As stated by one group of physicians, as the physician manually performs breech extraction of the body of a live fetus, excepting the head, she continues in the apparent role of an obstetrician delivering a child.
The close relationship between Peña Nieto's candidacy and Televisa, as well as the apparent role of the company in seeking to harm López Obrador's candidancy, was suspected by several critics and documented by Mexican journalist Jenaro Villami.
Due to the complexity of PTSD, animal models have been designed and advanced to address the role of psychosocial stressors in the etiology; however, the apparent role of genetics in susceptibility to PTSD-like behaviors in animals remains unexplored.
This important story is related to another big development with potentially far-reaching consequences: the shift of millennials toward the Democratic Party, and the apparent role of the two most recent GOP presidencies — those of Trump and George W. Bush — in making that happen.
In particular, apparent roles of p63 and p73 will be strongly influenced by the relative levels of these two family members, as well as the specific isoforms of each protein.
The apparent roles of miRNAs in diseases have led many researchers to probe into the molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis as well as to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents[18].
During this encounter Oval BA was present nearby, but played no apparent role in destruction of the Baby Red Spot.
The INSIG2 rs7566605 and PFKP rs6602024 polymorphisms play no apparent role in the development of common forms of obesity in the Danish population.
The level of the energy flux played no apparent role in determining the level of crystallinity of the coatings.
