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HYDROPHOBIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormally afraid of water
Synonyms:
aquaphobic; hydrophobic
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water
Classified under:
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
hydrophilic (having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water)
Derivation:
hydrophobicity (the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water)
Context examples:
The common carboxyl-terminal region contains 2 large hydrophobic domains.
(Neuroendocrine-Specific Protein, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)
Nanoscale hollow polymeric vessels that have the potential to be utilized to selectively deliver hydrophobic drugs to specific sites within individual cells.
(Nanocontainer, NCI Thesaurus)
The typical positioning of the hydrophobic residues in the coiled-coil domain can be often recognized from primary structure of the protein.
(Coiled-Coil Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
They form 14-15 kDa proteins and at least 3 different FABPs play a role as transport vehicles of these hydrophobic compounds throughout the cytoplasm.
(FABP Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Calfactant contains phospholipids, neutral lipids, and hydrophobic surfactant-associated proteins B (SP-B) and C (SP-C).
(Calfactant, NCI Thesaurus)
The assembled cyclodextrin framework possesses a hydrophobic internal cavity which can include various small molecules and a peripheral structure containing a large number of hydroxyl groups making the molecule water soluble.
(Beta-methyl Cyclodextrin, NCI Thesaurus)
A hydrophobic pocket in the bromodomain creates an acetyl-lysine binding domain.
(Bromodomain, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes cysteine-rich hydrophobic domain 2 protein, may be involved in cellular vesicle transport.
(CHIC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of approximately 110 N-terminal amino acids from the cysteine-rich hydrophobic domain 2 protein fused to the C-terminal half of the transcription factor ETV6 protein, including the helix-loop-helix and ETS DNA-binding domains.
(CHIC2/ETV6 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
In micellar nanoparticle-encapsulated cisplatin NC-6004, cisplatin forms a polymer-metal complex with hydrophilic polyethylene glycol poly(glutamic acid) block copolymers by attaching to the micelle inner core consisting of the hydrophobic polyamino acids.
(Micellar Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Cisplatin NC-6004, NCI Thesaurus)
