Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:2010) or acting as a competitive inhibitor of MYB activators by sequestering bHLH proteins and therefore operating within the MBW complex (Aharoni et al. 2001; Paolocci et al. 2011; Matsui et al. 2008; Dubos et al. 2008; Albert et al. 2011), required to be investigated.
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