Moreover, the increasing body of evidence for the distinctive functions of the galectins themselves, all binding to some undefined β-D-galactoside ligands, clearly underscores the need to understand the multiple but selective binding interactions.
These analysis do not find male vs. female-specific expression for the two LEAFY-paralogs in several gymnosperm species, and thus do not support distinctive functions of the two LEAFY-like genes in specifying male and female reproductive organs, which is compatible with the OOM/OOF theories but not with the MM one.
The distinctive function of phonemes, which depends upon and supports the principle of the duality of structure, can be related to the cognitive function of language.
The view that "art is imitation" is at least as old as the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428 c. 347 bce), and, although not widely held today, its long and distinguished history is evidence of its continuing hold on human beings as an account of the distinctive function of art.
These findings suggest the possibility that KLF12 has the distinctive function of being a 'higher-order originating regulator hub' that potentially spreads regulatory effects through DAR-FFC-mediated transmissions.
Inasmuch as it is the distinctive function of protocol sentences to report one's evidence, a view about what sorts of contents a protocol sentence might have is in effect a view about what sorts of things can count as evidence.
That is, JAMMING may be useful in identifying residues critical for the distinctive function of proteins even when few homologue sequences are known.
Zeelenberg and Pieters (2007) provide the most extensive discussion of this issue, arguing that the primary and distinctive function of experienced regret is to enable people to switch choices when faced with the same decision again.
Interestingly, genetic analyses on four-cell stage mouse embryo have recently unveiled a distinctive function of hemicentin in mitotic cytokinesis [ 7].
Because of the overlapping substrate preferences, there is a redundancy in the PC functionality, albeit distinctive functions of furin have also been reported [47].
