Biology A-Level
hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
What hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The phosphate head faces the water on each side of the membrane while the two fatty acid tails point inwards away from it.
Topics that use hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
- Transport across cell membranes (AQA A-Level)
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