The phrase "are functional in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the role or purpose of something within a specific context or system.
Example: "These components are functional in a variety of applications, ensuring versatility and efficiency."
Alternatives: "serve a purpose in a" or "operate effectively in a".
Addressing multimerization, it was found that 719 proteins are functional in a monomeric form, while 198 function in a dimeric form, 16 in trimeric, 47 in tetrameric, and the remaining in higher-order forms.
They are functional in a restricted sense only.
Next assay evaluated if the CD4i antibodies found in the sera are functional in a modified neutralization assay.
To overcome this limitation, we developed a new module discovery method termed BEEM (Biclusering-based Extraction of Expression Modules) in order to discover expression modules that are functional in a subset of tissues.
First, all of the naturally occurring NP evolutionary intermediates are functional in a fixed genetic background of other genes.
It remains, however, to be formally ruled out if only a subset of boundaries are functional in a given cell type and partial overlap with MAR reflects that.
However, while the intermediate stages used by Nilsson and Pelger (1994) are functional in an abstract model, the most important question is whether organisms possessing them could actually survive in nature.
Above all, it needs to be functional, in a neutral colour match to your skin tone.
That said, like so many who have been injured, he has found ways to be functional in a world where entirely undamaged people are rare.
This native confidence is likely to be functional: in a world of profound uncertainty, self-serving delusion probably helps people to get out of bed and chase their pet projects.
But nonsegmental, or suprasegmental, aspects of the phonemic realization of words and utterances may also be functional in a language.
