The phrase "ascribe function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the assignment of a specific role or purpose to something or someone.
Example: "In this study, we will ascribe function to various genes based on their expression patterns."
Alternatives: "assign role" or "attribute purpose".
A systematic identification of interacting compounds may provide a means to purify more proteins, as well as a method to ascribe function to new proteins.
The idea is that in cases where we can ascribe function to a physiological mechanism the standards of good performance are supplied by nature and not by human values.
Without further testing, it is only speculative to ascribe function to any of these polymorphisms.
Whilst it was possible to place most of the trypanosomatid ePKs into the seven established groups using bioinformatic analyses, it has not been possible to ascribe function based solely on sequence similarity.
In contrast, experimental methods to ascribe function, for example using RNAi of single gene products or allelic variants of particular SFP genes, can provide stronger direct evidence for function of specific SFPs but suffer from an inability to handle complex and multidimensional phenotypes [ 19].
To ascribe functions to genes identified through genomics, researchers use functional genomics approaches, inducing mutations in the genome with various mutagens such as X-rays, ethyl methanesulfate or by insertional mutagenesis.
This account adds non-structural concepts to functional description of artefacts, which are typically not employed by engineers when they ascribe functions to artefacts.
Boorse's claim was that we could ascribe functions to the rabbits' parts even if the rabbits lacked any selection-history.
Within this continuum we ascribe functions to four archetypes of spatial structures urban areas, suburban areas, small towns as centres of rural areas as well as rural areas based on the characteristics of different products and services.
This allows one to ascribe functions of the protein(s) with co-precipitated lincRNAs.
These include C17C3.3, C31H5.1, and ZC376.3; at present we cannot definitively ascribe functions to any of the products of these genes.
