The phrase "as a functional module" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a component or part of a system that serves a specific function or role.
Example: "The software is designed to operate as a functional module within the larger application framework."
Alternatives: "as a functional component" or "as a functional unit".
This review will summarize recent evidence designing the Not3/5 module of the Ccr4-Not complex as a functional module involved in coordination of the regulation of gene expression between the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
In the following, we refer to a group of potentially functionally related genes as inferred by any of the methodologies under consideration as a (functional) module.
Only a cluster that is not removed by the post-processing is predicted as a functional module, so not all proteins are assigned into clusters.
This type of COG association can be considered as a functional module, even though the individual phylogenetic profiles may be quite divergent.
These microbial genes can be used to construct a minimal genome as a functional module, which would serve as a chassis for other research in SB.
Such an ensemble of genes is referred to as a functional module, and allows identifying and studying proteins likely involved in a defined process and their associations.
The main motivation in this work is the redefinition of the essence of a functional module, understood as a group of genes carrying out, cooperatively, a function in the cell.
For example, in yeast the autophagy proteins Atg2, Atg9 and Atg18 form a functional module, as Atg2 and Atg18 are required for Atg9 cycling [18].
In this work, we model a functional module as a union of overlapping dense subnetworks called here functional groups.
We defined a functional module as a gene group annotated in the same GO term in the integrated network.
In a PPI network, a densely connected area is referred to as a cluster, which is a functional module.
