Distinctions have been made between manifest functions, those consequences intended and recognized by participants in the system, and latent functions, which are neither intended nor recognized.
When the bricks and mortar realize a certain shape, they manifest the function definitive of houses, namely that of providing shelter.
This thesis states necessary and sufficient conditions for something's being a member of some kind F such that all and only F things manifest the function characteristic of that kind.
The modular design of plants enables individual plant organs to manifest autonomous functions [1] and continue aspects of metabolism, such as respiration, even after separation from the parent plant [2].
The interferons are a super family of proteins secreted by human cells that manifest multiple functions in the human body such as protection of cells from viral infection, regulation of cell growth, and modulation of the immune system [6].
However, more significantly, some fraction manifests premotor function.
Indeed, it may be that the same Ets factors manifest different functions in neoplasia at different expression levels due to differential promoter binding and regulation.
Previously, SAMHD1 had been shown to be expressed in cells of the myeloid lineage such as DCs, monocytes, and macrophages, and demonstrated to act as an infection barrier for HIV-1 that manifests its function at an early RT step.
In various fishes, GH also manifests some functions not found in all vertebrates, such as activities that influence sexual maturation and saltwater adaptation [ 6, 7].
Cervical cancer is necessarily caused by human papillomaviruses, which encode three oncogenes manifesting their functions by interfering with a number of cellular proteins and pathways: the E5, E6, and E7 proteins.
