The part of a sentence 'functions differ' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to describe two or more things that are not the same in terms of the role or purpose they serve. For example, "The functions of these two devices differ, so it's important to read the instructions carefully."
This gene is particularly interesting because it functions differ in different animal models.
While it is tempting to interpret the first and second observation above as firm evidence that different functions differ in the proportion of sequences that can perform them, this evidence has to be taken with a grain of salt.
We quantify how the properties of networks that give rise to these functions differ from those that produce linear functional paths with the same overall duration T.
As expected, the score values issued from scoring functions differ from one system to another rendering direct score comparisons between different systems difficult.
Smooth ER, by contrast, is not associated with ribosomes, and its functions differ.
Hence, the utility functions differ from network-to-network.
However, the domains of functioning differ in different cultures as people are expected to have different roles in those cultures [ 19].
Specifically, we examined whether language functions differed significantly in two monitoring sessions conducted years apart, both in the chronic stage, where almost no functional changes are expected.
Enrichment for most other functions differed between these species.
Their functional analysis highlighted which biological function differed between these breeds and more precisely which genes from these functions differed between breeds.
After adjustment for NART-IQ, only memory functions differed significantly between the groups (–0.15).
