Monitoring and reporting serves a key function.
Modern neuropathology serves a key function in the multidisciplinary management of brain tumor patients.
The genes involved in DNA repair serve a key function during G2 phase of the cell cycle, including that of chondrocytes (Kim et al. 2010).
Trx serves a key redox function in regulating signal transduction; reduced Trx catalyses the reduction of disulfide bonds in many proteins, such as PTEN and ASK1.
This core group serves two key functions: (1) it works with the firm on large client matters; and (2) it operates as a center of excellence within the firm, teaching lawyers 'the Allen & Overy way' especially as it relates to project management skills.
The navigation window therefore serves two key functions: i) it enables the user to maintain their bearings within the context of the whole trace whilst zoomed in upon a particular portion within the annotation window ii) it can be used to select specific 'portions' of the trace for analysis.
Analyses of patient complaints serve two key functions within healthcare organisations.
These forward- and reverse-modeling studies serve two key functions that support chemical risk assessment.
In addition, roots serve numerous key functions, including plant anchourage in the soil, water and nutrients absorption, hormones and metabolites synthesis [ 4, 5].
The microcirculation serves several key functions within the body including regulation of blood pressure, body temperature, blood flow within tissues and delivery of nutrients and removal of metabolic waste products.
But this does not mean two things: first, that the RNA world was "clean" (probably it was not; other molecules, large and small, are likely to have been around and to have served even key functions), second, that reflexively autocatalytic networks could not have preceded the RNA world (they may have been indispensable "scaffolds", sensu Cairns-Smith, [ 39] for its appearance).
