Hydrophobicity
= Hydrophobicity
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= Hydrophobic
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<Hydrophobicity> describes unfavorable mixing with <water>, as illustrated by long <hydrocarbon> regions. The <hydrophobic> regions of membrane-forming <phospholipids> face the interior of a <lipid bilayer>. This organization is explained by the <hydrophobic effect>, rather than by imagining that chains actively repel <water>. See https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/H02907[IUPAC Gold Book: hydrophobic interaction].