Sentence examples for knowing the function from inspiring English sources

Without knowing the function of these STAS-domain proteins in S. cellulosum it is difficult to speculate why M. xanthus does not harbour similar number of these proteins.

The availability of the complete L. major and L. infantum genome sequence may lead to identification of genes responsible for the different disease phenotypes [2], but vaccine candidates will probably be harder to pinpoint in the genome because without knowing the function of a pathogen protein its protective potential is not guaranteed [3].

Without knowing the function of a calpain homologue in a bacterium it is perhaps impossible to understand the distribution.

Without knowing the function of UT genes it is difficult to speculate on why they were dispensable in the eutherians.

Patients have reported not knowing the function or importance of mental health care and that tele-intervention introduced them to mental health services by making psychological treatment possible.

Knowing the function of proteins and protein interactome networks in hair cells is a crucial first step for understanding hearing.

But now high-speed gene sequencing and other techniques are allowing genes or fragments of genes to be discovered en masse, without knowing the functions of the proteins produced by the genes.

Until now, companies have filed for patents in large numbers without knowing the functions of many genes, contending that, at a minimum, genes make a protein that can be used as animal feed.

Proponents of structural genomics say structure determination is now where the genome search was about 15 years ago, when scientists began to envision sequencing the entire genome, without knowing the functions of the genes in advance, rather than working on one gene at a time.

The feeling of not understanding what one is seeing, of not knowing the functions of madly tangled wires and tubes and cables and mysterious flanges and pulleys and levers, is brilliantly conveyed by these huge pictures of places few of us have ventured into and on whose products many of us depend.

As such, knowing the functions of these LSGs is valuable to understanding the molecular mechanism of plant adaptation.