The phrase "are retained through" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a process or method by which something is kept or preserved over a period of time.
Example: "The memories of our childhood are retained through storytelling and shared experiences."
Alternatives: "are preserved via" or "are maintained through".
In some species flight feathers of the wing and tail are molted before the fall migration; in others they are retained through the fall migration and molted on the wintering grounds.
Research shows that improvement comes when more of the "best and brightest" college students go into teaching, and are retained through better pay and working conditions.
While a number of the bound proteins are known to interact with RNA and are likely associated by directly binding the lariat intermediate (ex. MS2∶MBP and hnRNP proteins), it is likely that some of the associated proteins are retained through stable protein-protein interactions.
The difficulty with ER localisation is that it could arise if misfolding YFP-trap proteins are retained through the ER.
Thousands of H3K4me1-marked enhancers found in undifferentiated ASCs are retained through differentiation, in line with the adipogenic commitment of ASCs [ 55, 56].
It is plausible that these multiple teleost-specific paralogues are retained through adaptive evolution to compensate for the lack of other cell surface Tlrs in the cod genome.
To catch a likeness is, however remotely, to possess, and what has been possessed may be retained through the strange mnemonic chemistry of metaphor.
The cloud perched over CARLOS QUEIROZ, the Portuguese coach of South Africa's national team, lifted yesterday when he was retained through the World Cup.
The Eastern melody and drone, combined with rhythm, were retained through the period and, indeed, to this day in much of Western folk music.
If only a sliver of sunlight creeps through a parted curtain in a dark room as the scene begins, the mood may be retained through the gradual illumination of important areas as the scene progresses.
In the 3rd century bce it was conquered by Egypt's King Ptolemy II Philadelphus (reigned 285 246 bce), and he renamed it Philadelphia after himself; the name was retained through Byzantine and Roman times.
