Sentence examples for but rather a marker from inspiring English sources

Since Null is not a member of any data domain, it is not considered a "value", but rather a marker (or placeholder) indicating the absence of value.

CD34 is therefore not an epithelial stem cell marker in the HFK but rather a marker for vascular differentiation.

These results seem to support the conclusion that stroke-associated infections are not the cause but rather a marker for a poor neurological outcome following stroke.

Additionally, since changes at the ABO locus have been associated with changes at other 9q34 loci, it is likely that ABO alterations are not the leukemia causing event but rather a marker of other events occurring at this chromosomal region.

Nodal involvement was suggested not to be an orderly contiguous extension, but rather a marker of distant disease [ 4].

Recent fMRI studies also concluded that contralateral reorganization was not efficient but rather a marker of network disruption due to underlying pathology (Powell et al., 2007).

However, it is assumed that small body size per se is not causative for delayed aging, but rather a phenotypic marker of developmental or metabolic characteristics that predispose to increased life expectancy (Bartke, 2005).

Monitoring of systemic, i.e., serum parameters of inflammation, especially cytokines, does likely not reflect myocardial inflammation, but is rather a marker of the overall clinical status.

This is in agreement with the earlier hypothesis that SAG21 is not directly involved in senescence, but is rather a marker for the stresses associated with senescence and cellular degradation [ 70].

Impaired fetal growth as such may not be the cause of the long-term consequences, but rather constitute a marker of a coordinated fetal response to a restricted intrauterine environment.

Some food items were not included for their nutritional relevance, but rather as a marker of certain types of foods/diets, for example ketchup as a marker for fast food, soy products as a marker for alternative diets and rice porridge as a marker of traditional foods.