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"was initially identified as" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that has been identified previously in a particular way. For example: The strange behavior of the machinery was initially identified as a malfunction, but further investigation revealed it was actually the result of operator error.
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Sibanda was initially identified as a Zimbabwean national, as he was travelling on a forged passport.
Rapamycin is produced from Streptomyces hygroscopicus, and was initially identified as an antifungal antibiotic.
Ccd1 was initially identified as a positive regulator in Wnt signaling (Shiomi et al., 2003).
TGFβ1 was initially identified as an immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory molecule (Shull et al., 1992; Kulkarni et al., 1993).
p21WAF1/Cip1 was initially identified as a cell cycle regulatory protein that can cause cell cycle arrest.
The ligand was initially identified as 32/18, a triazine scaffold substituted with 2-acetylpyrrole (32) and 5-aminoindan (18).
EGF was initially identified as a secreted factor that promotes cellular proliferation.
The ATXN2 gene was initially identified as the gene mutated in SCA2, a human neurodegenerative disease.
SALL4 was initially identified as a homologue of Drosophila gene spalt.
This protein was initially identified as an overexpressed protein during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy [26].
Lis1 was initially identified as the non-catalytic β subunit of the Pafah1b complex [1], [13].
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