The phrase "as the primary regulator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the main authority or governing body responsible for overseeing a particular area or activity.
Example: "The Environmental Protection Agency acts as the primary regulator for air quality standards in the United States."
Alternatives: "as the main authority" or "as the chief overseer".
Taken collectively, these data suggest that, of the target genes analyzed, ΔNp63 isoforms function as the primary regulator of transcriptional regulation.
The returning sophomores were expected to exhibit self-regulation as the primary regulator of their understanding, to educate themselves self-sufficiently, and to wean themselves of the college institution.
As the primary regulator of HSBC, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) promised investigations.
The disclosure also underscored the trade commission's emergence as the primary regulator of e-commerce.
It would essentially supplant the commission's division of investment management as the primary regulator of mutual funds.
Mr. Lockhart has led the agency for more than three years, serving as the primary regulator for Fannie, Freddie and the Federal Home Loan Banks as the housing market skyrocketed and then cratered.
Attorney General Janet Reno refused, writing to Congress in June 1998 to say she had no authority to act because there was no evidence that Congress "intended to displace the states as the primary regulators of the medical profession".
Protein kinases serve as the primary regulators of signal transduction cascades by phosphorylating protein targets in response to various extracellular and intracellular stimuli.
In vitro studies previously identified the MAPKKs MKK3 and MKK6 as the primary regulators of p38 phosphorylation and activation.
MYB36 belongs to the R2R3-MYB gene family [ 109], which members have been described as the primary regulators of fruit flavonoid biosynthesis [ 110], among other functions [ 111].
In recent years, three major pathways have emerged as the primary regulators of muscle atrophy: the calpain-caspase system, the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), and the autophagy-lysosome system (autophagy) [ 43, 46].
