"tail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Fatty acids with hydroxyl groups on their hydrophobic tails are rare in nature.
- The hydrophobic tail is important in causing membrane damage, suggesting a detergent-like mode of action.
- The hydrophobic tails are the layer hidden in the inside of the membrane.
- Natural bilayers are usually composed of phospholipids, which have a hydrophilic head and two hydrophobic tails each.
- The hydrophilic heads are oriented "in" toward this water core, while the hydrophobic tails point "out" to the air.
- The hydrophobic tail usually consists of long fatty acid hydrocarbon chains.
- The detergent has a molecular structure that is has a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head.
- Like soap, these polymers have a hydrophilic 'head' and a hydrophobic 'tail'.
- Phospholipids can be visualized in one's mind as a hydrophilic head on one end, and a hydrophobic tail on the other.
- Rubber particles are surrounded by a single phospholipid membrane with hydrophobic tails pointed inward.
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