Sentence examples for postulated to function from inspiring English sources

Unlike vacuolar-localized class I transporters, AtNHX5 and 6 class II transporters were postulated to function in endosomal vesicles (Pardo et al. [2006]).

Since Chi25 and Chi35 are produced in very low levels, they are postulated to function as antifungal agents rather than as major enzymes to digest chitin (Tsujibo et al. 2000a).

L2-dependent recruitment of E2 and viral genomes to PML bodies is also postulated to function in assembly of progeny virions during the late phases of HPV infection, through sequestration of virion components [31].

Members of the T2S D protein family, to which XpsD belongs, are postulated to function as gatekeepers for type II secretion, demonstrating species-specific function for different type II secretion substrates [105], [106].

Reductions in inflammatory cell invasion and plaque growth followed M-T7 treatment in both rat and rabbit iliofemoral angioplasty balloon injury models, indicating that M-T7 anti-inflammatory activity is not IFNγ dependent but instead is postulated to function through chemokine modulation, in a species independent fashion [41].

Also of significance is the observation that the FAM19A5 protein encoded by the FAM19A5 gene (22q13.32) belongs to the TAFA protein family which are predominantly expressed in the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines, that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells [32].

Hence, TSPY has been postulated to serve a physiological function(s) in stem germ cell proliferation and in directing the spermatogonial cells to enter male meiosis [ 4, 9].

Crucially, in this model, the protoribosome is postulated to have functioned as a "triplicase", i.e., a complex ribozyme combining the activities of a RNA polymerase and a RNA ligase by building a nascent RNA molecule complementary to the template in three-nucleotide steps.

We did genotype the well-known NOS3 non-synonymous SNP Asp298Glu (rs1799983), which has been postulated to alter function of NOS3 [ 34], but did not find the SNP to be associated with ABI.

For example, myostatin appears to suppress certain myogenic regulatory factors crucial for proliferation and differentiation and therefore has been postulated to impair function as well as self-renewal of satellite cells [ 30].

For example, FADD has been identified in the nucleus and has been postulated to have functions in regulating cell cycle progression, NF- κB activity, autophagy, cytokine signalling and T-cell activation.