The phrase "are functional in this" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the effectiveness or utility of something within a specific context or situation.
Example: "The tools we have developed are functional in this particular project, allowing us to achieve our goals efficiently."
Alternatives: "are effective in this" or "are useful in this".
Successful business is increasingly about understanding the challenges and opportunities linked to society's transition towards sustainability and, e.g., being able to innovate, design and build business models that are functional in this context.
Stress hormesis from thermal and oxidative stresses have the ability to extend C. elegans lifespan, showing that stress hormesis pathways are functional in this organism [40] [42].
Furthermore, TLR-9 is highly expressed in many tumour-derived cell lines, including HeLa cells, and the treatment of HeLa with CpG-ODN stimulates the secretion of chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), indicating that TLR-9-dependent signalling pathways are functional in this cell line [67].
The dispute revolved around two issues: whether a wax seal is "functional" in this use — which would invalidate the trademark; and whether a red dripping wax seal on tequila bottles would be confusing to customers because they might mistake tequila for bourbon.
Only those G beta gamma complexes containing a prenylated G gamma subunit were functional in this assay.
Our results demonstrate for the first time that an RNA sequence is able to transport to chloroplasts per se and that it is functional in this organelle.
Arthrobacter arilaitensis Re117 grows on D-galactono-γ-lactone (hydration of this compound occurs spontaneously, generating D-galactonate), confirming that the D-galactonate catabolic pathway is functional in this strain (Table S9).
However, IFN-β is activated in Huh7.5 by the dsRNA analogue poly(I C), showing than the Mda-5-mediated and the IPS-1 (also called MAVS, CARDIF or VISA) downstream pathway, which binds to both RIG-I and Mda5 to ensure a common signalling [26], [27], is functional in this cell line.
A more detailed bioinformatic analysis of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 revealed that three different L-arginine-degrading pathways may in principle be functional in this cyanobacterium.
Several Notch components are absent from the demosponge Amphimedon (Furin, Mastermind, SMRT, Numb and Neuralized), yet the pathway may still be functional in this species [ 30].
Despite missing the canonic PDH enzymes, labeling studies of P. marinus suggest that pyruvate metabolism is functional in this organism (Danne et al. 2012).
