Cell functions are performed by functional modules [ 10, 33] and gene network co-evolution has been proposed as an important evolutionary driving force agent [ 34].
Complex biological functions are performed by the integrated activity of functional modules consisting of highly interacting cellular components [ 1, 2].
Association of nuclear factor-κB with a specific inhibitory protein (IκB), which masks its nuclear localization signal, constitutes a functional system in which DNA binding/activation and regulatory/inhibitory functions are performed by two separate proteins that can interact [ 23].
Large semantic similarities of the protein mappings indicate that the alignments map functionally conserved proteins, but it does not mean that these functions are performed through conserved interaction patterns between the two PPI networks.
All functions are performed by both police forces.
In many larger companies, all or some of these functions are performed internally.
In modern systems, hundreds of functions are performed by a single microchip or, in conjunction with microminiaturized elements, by printed circuit boards (see integrated circuit).
Those functions are performed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a private organization with an international board that operates under contract with the United States government.
At Sun, we were working on cloud computing, in which a company's computer functions are performed in an offsite network, allowing it to perform tasks on a large scale and handle a huge amount of Internet traffic.
Mr Buffett is impressed: hitherto he has mostly bought well-run firms that he could largely leave alone, but now he wants to do more deals like the Heinz one.Of course there are many reasons, other than differing levels of bloat, why businesses vary greatly in which functions are performed centrally, and in how many people and other resources are needed at head office.
The fact that some of these other functions are performed by parts of a language usually mastered later by foreign learners gives rise to misinterpretation and often makes foreign speakers appear rude or insensitive when they are, in actuality, simply deploying fewer resources in the language.
