The phrase "are selectively activated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing processes, systems, or mechanisms that are triggered or turned on in a specific manner or under certain conditions.
Example: "In the experiment, the genes are selectively activated to observe their effects on cell behavior."
Alternatives: "are triggered selectively" or "are activated in a selective manner."
These cell death genes must not be constitutively active, but are selectively activated by specific signals to promote cell autonomous death.
31, 40– 43 Furthermore, it appears that regulatory proteins are selectively activated depending on both ER subtype and ligand binding activity.
Transcriptomic analysis of the maize endosperm indicated that 6 Meg genes are selectively activated in the BETL, and younger Meg genes are more active than older ones.
The increase in tonic current was suppressed by APV, demonstrating its dependence upon NMDAR activation, and by ifenprodil, supporting the prediction that GluN2B-containing NMDARs are selectively activated by ambient glutamate.
An electronic camera sends electrical impulses directly into the brain through the retina; a patient manipulates the image of a hand on a screen by learning to alter brain waves picked up from sensors by a computer; regions of the brain are selectively activated by surgically inserting wires into the organ to treat brain disorders.
Cytotoxic analogs may be designed as subversive substrates that are selectively activated only by the schistosomal ANP.
The RNA-binding activities of IRP1 were selectively activated by clofibrate treatment even though liver iron concentration was not depleted.
The RNA-binding activity of IRP2 was selectively activated by the low iron intake and correlated with an increase of transferrin receptor mRNA, while clofibrate treatment offset the effects of the low iron intake.
In addition, we identified the SEF from the contrast all eye movements > rest, which we predicted would not be selectively activated during VSE, as it does not show greater activation during endogenous shifts of spatial attention.
The fMRI studies showed that the left posterolateral cerebellum was selectively activated during visuokinesthetic processing under the CONG condition and that this activation was consistently elicited by stimulation of both the left and right hands.
The pathophysiological mechanism seems to be selectively activated by substances originating during the heating of heroin.
