Sentence examples for been speculated to function from inspiring English sources

Because the proteins are located at the surface of this organism, where they were postulated to scavenge food including bacteria, the Tectonin proteins have been speculated to function as bacterial sensors.

While Nox4 has been speculated to function in this manner, the first of these criteria has not been previously evaluated.

Such TN-encoding genes have been speculated to function as adapter proteins interacting with TNL proteins or with downstream signaling components [ 17].

Although plant PII orthologs were speculated to function as a sensor for both C and N [31], the T-DNA knockout mutants of GLB1 exhibit only weak phenotypes [32].

Class B Hsfs, except HsfB5, contain the RD in the C-terminus, which is speculated to function as a repressor motif, making HsfB members act as repressors [ 27– 30].

The PE-PGRS proteins are specific to mycobacteria and are speculated to function as surface antigens [ 25, 26].

BIX-01294 seems to compensate for the lack of octamer binding transcription factor 4 (overexpressionession and can be speculated to function by facilitating a shift in the epigenetic balance in pluripotent gene activity from a silenced state to an active transcription state for cell reprogramming.

MiRNAs have been speculated to have the function of stabilizing the expression of their targets (Kircher et al. 2008; Wu et al. 2009).

Also flavonoids, that accumulate on wounded and damaged stigmas and have anti-microbial effects, have been speculated to have a function in pathogen resistance (Stephenson 2012).

Other parameters that have been speculated to be indicative of function include the bursting period (Tb) and the amplitude of the intracellular calcium oscillation ([Ca]) [14].

The progressive granulomatous inflammation has been speculated to be compromise organ function and result in PMWS-associated fatalities [ 54].