It is thought to function as a switchboard for regulating emotional behavior in conditions facing survival challenges.
The place cells are thought to function as an internal GPS for the brain and provide a spatiotemporal stamp on episodic memories.
The decorations are thought to function as visual signals, and there is evidence to support both prey attraction and predator defence hypotheses.
OsABF2, OsbZIP23, ABL1, OsbZIP72, TRAB1, and OsABI5 are thought to function as key components in ABA-dependent transcriptional networks in rice.
In addition to their structural roles, a subset of ether lipids are thought to function as endogenous antioxidants, and emerging studies suggest that they are involved in cell differentiation and signaling pathways.
Because parabasal cells express high level of proliferation marker MIB-1, they are thought to function as transient amplifying (TA) cells derived from basal cells in the larger airways[14, 15].
OsC1, containing an R2R3 Myb domain, is thought to function as a transcription factor, regulating other genes involved in anthocyanin synthesis and enhancing another transcription factor, bHLH, regulating anthocyanin structural gene DFR (Dooner et al. 1991; Ithal and Reddy 2004).
In rice, NA is thought to function as an Fe(II) chelator in phloem and to participate in long-distance Fe transport within the plant (Inoue et al. 2003; Koike et al. 2004).
YoeB was also initially thought to function as an endoribonuclease cleaving translated mRNAs [9].
LC8 dynein light chain (DYNLL) is a eukaryotic hub protein that is thought to function as a dimerization engine.
RuvC functions as a dimer, whereas Mus81-Eme1 is thought to function as a dimer of heterodimers.
