= Hydrophilicity
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= Hydrophilic
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<Hydrophilicity> describes affinity for <water>. Regions with <chemical polarity> or <electric charge> can interact favorably with <water>, including through <hydrogen bonds> where suitable groups are present. <Hydrophilic> regions of membrane-forming <phospholipids> face the <water> on either side of a <lipid bilayer>. Such affinity does not mean forming <covalent bonds> with every neighboring substance, nor does it require a net negative <electric charge>. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26883/[Alberts et al.: the chemical components of a cell].
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