hydrophobic

Modifies a noun

• residue: This simple model captures the trend for hydrophobic residues to occupy the core sites within proteins.
• ligand: Perhaps a larger hydrophobic ligand could do a better job?
• probe: In fact glucose is not a suitable molecule for demonstrating the use of the hydrophobic Probe in conjunction with Program Group.
• interaction: The main target for hydrophobic interaction in the major groove of DNA is the single methyl group of the T base.
• molecule: This Hydrophobic Probe ( which we will call HP ) represents a hydrophobic molecule approaching the surface of the Target.
• tail: An amphiphile is a chemical species whose molecules consist of a hydrophobic tail attached to a hydrophilic head.

Modifying Another Word

• very: The crystalline regions are very hydrophobic which aids the loss of water during solidification of spider silk.
• largely: The largely hydrophobic R-groups of a membrane-spanning a -helix contact the hydrophobic membrane core, while the more polar peptide backbone is buried.
• highly: The plots show the ligand's Trp 252 residue nestling in the highly hydrophobic specificity pocket of the enzyme's active site.
• strongly: Alumina substrates can also be used to produce chemically stable, strongly hydrophobic surfaces.
• relatively: Fusion peptides are short, relatively hydrophobic sequences that are well conserved within, but not between, virus families.
• mainly: The inter-domain contacts are mainly hydrophobic, suggesting that the two domains are unlikely to be stable on their own.

Used with adjective complement

• become: When the charge is reversed and the surface becomes hydrophobic, the pixel takes on the color of the dyed oil.