"primarily characterised" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means primarily described or identified. Example: The novel is primarily characterised by its dark and complex plot, with well-developed and multi-faceted characters.
The erbium-containing layers were primarily characterised in terms of the luminescence at 1.5 μm.
Further from archaeological remains, palynologically inferred human activity is primarily characterised by decreased productivity, notably declining influx from woodland and scrub species, reflecting grazing herbivores or coppicing.
The study is focused on the northeastern Padanian plain (Italy), an area primarily characterised by sedimentary contributions from the two largest Italian river systems (Po and Adige), which intimately interacted during the last millennia.
The landscape is primarily characterised by undulating calcareous grassland and ancient deciduous woodland over chalk downland.
The type 3 secretion system (T3SS) is primarily characterised by the translocation of the bacterial "effectors" into the eukaryotic cell for the manifestation of pathogenesis.
So, although p53 has been primarily characterised as a DNA-binding transcription factor, p53 also possesses the capacity to interact directly with RNA and may therefore be in a position to directly regulate SIRT1 RNA splicing.
20 However, these trends primarily characterise women with higher education and privileged class positions.
However, as these variables primarily characterise the neighbourhood environment in which the households are situated we still call them neighbourhood variables.
Production has primarily been characterised at pH 5.5.
The role of astrocytes in influencing neuronal viability has primarily been characterised in rodent systems.
Secondly, what we are witnessing is, in fact, mass protest characterised primarily by uncontrollable outpouring of emotion which in the process ends up providing a living proof that Muslims cannot engage in reasonable debate and that verbal aggression and violence are more the rule than the exception.
