The phrase "are specifically sensitive to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing particular sensitivities or vulnerabilities to certain factors or stimuli.
Example: "Certain species of birds are specifically sensitive to changes in their habitat, which can affect their migration patterns."
Alternatives: "are particularly responsive to" or "are especially vulnerable to".
In the deletion strains that are specifically sensitive to doxorubicin as diploid homozygous strains, this sensitivity is clearly correlated with defects in G1/S phase cell-cycle progression.
A current challenge is to direct the neural differentiation of iPS cells towards specific neuronal subtypes, e.g. Purkinje cerebellar neurons, which are specifically sensitive to ATM deficiency.
In this study, we designed six novel water-soluble, near infrared TPEF probes (NL1-3, PL1-3), bearing N-methyl pyridinium moiety, which are specifically sensitive to local viscosity.
In a few cases, it is known that the insects have receptor cells in the sensilla on their mouthparts or tarsi that are specifically sensitive to the sulfur-containing compounds, and this may be common in insects with chemically defined host-plant ranges.
It has shown that MEH-PPV/Alq3 solutions are specifically sensitive to X-rays, since the effect of radiation on this organic system is strongly correlated with the efficient spectral overlap between Alq3 emission and the absorption of degraded MEH-PPV, which alters the color and photoemission of MEH-PPV/Alq3 mixtures from red to yellow, and then to green.
In this state, the macrophages are specifically sensitive to rosiglitazone PPARγ ligand treatment.
An imaging-based biomarker that is specifically sensitive to mitochondrial dysfunction within specific disease-sensitive cortical regions has not yet been published [ 59].
Thus, the sodCI mutant is specifically sensitive to phagocytic superoxide; there is neither a general growth defect nor apparent sensitivity to endogenous superoxide.
The bacterial plate system responded to antibiotics at concentrations in the μg L−1 and lower mg L−1 range and, moreover, each plate proved to be specifically sensitive to the antibiotics group it was designed for.
And the genetic variation his group identified lies within one of the sites in the PACAP receptor gene that is specifically sensitive to estrogen and may alter the way estrogen regulates the gene's activity.
These goals were accomplished by first identifying the brain regions whose activity was specifically sensitive to the presence of anxiety-inducing distracters.
