known function

collocation in English

meaningsofknownandfunction

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known
adjective
uk
/nəʊn/us
/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofknownandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofknown function

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In most genomic approaches (including ticks) about 50 % of the transcripts are similar to proteins ofknownfunction, including of course house-keeping genes.
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Other cases are not easily rationalized since there is noknownfunctionfor the proteases during seed maturation.
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As inversions have noknownfunction, they were first considered to be subject primarily to genetic drift.
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Other than the transmembrane domain regions this protein contains no known functional domains and shows no significant homology with proteins ofknownfunction.
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In most cases higherorder functions simply pass the name of a staticallyknownfunctionto some other function.
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However, if these data were fitted to aknownfunctionthen the results from the noise effect would be reduced.
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Prior to that, horizons had largely been limited to studying polymorphisms within genes ofknownfunction, to assess their potential contribution to disease susceptibility.
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Blizzard makes no mention of itsknownfunctionof collecting data on open programs.
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Surprisingly, a significant number of essential genes has noknownfunction.
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In many less complex life forms, this is its onlyknownfunction.
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Those withknownfunctionare largely involved in developmental regulation.
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At present, almost all of the predicted virus proteins have noknownfunction.
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This was aknownfunctionof water depth.
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