Sentence examples for mainly function as from inspiring English sources

The surface vanadium oxide species on the TiO2 support are active sites for the N2O formation reaction, while tungsten species mainly function as promoters.

Since then the market has developed, and it now seems likely that Apple be looking at developing either a smartwatch (which so far mainly function as expensive second screens for smartphones, displaying basic notifications and updates) or a fitness tracker (the various bracelets that are worn 24/7 and are used to track movements and fitness).

Although C-type lectins and siglecs can recognize microbial glycans when expressed on the cell surface of innate immune cells, galectins mainly function as soluble mediators that bridge microbial or host glycans to amplify or attenuate immune responses.

The fabrication of homogeneous CNT films with a controllable thickness has been an important basis for the research on CNT-involved devices where CNTs mainly function as transparent electrodes [3].

Adopted orphan receptors mainly function as lipid sensors by altering the rate of transcription of specific genes in response to changes in lipid concentration [6].

We show that the loss of Hrs and Stam produce similar phenotypes in all tissues examined, indicating that these proteins mainly function as a single complex throughout development.

As far as I was concerned, the towers mainly functioned as dependable reference points.

Joique Bell, Detroit Lions (ADP N/A) — Bell quietly finished the 2012 season as the 29th overall running back in standard league scoring, mainly functioning as the Lions' passing down back (52 receptions, 485 yards).

Researchers believed the chirps mainly functioned as alarm calls and were not part of normal communication.

Although TAZ mainly functions as a transcriptional coactivator, recent studies have also elucidated that TAZ serves as a transcriptional repressor (Kim et al., 2015; Valencia-Sama et al., 2015).

A resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) gel was treated with water soluble cationic PEI, which mainly functions as an anchoring site for metal ions.