Figure 1. (a)The process of transferring a methane molecule from water into an organic liquid. (b) The process of transferring a methyl group (blue disk) attached to a protein from water into the interior of the protein

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Inversion of the Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Paradigm Demystifies the Protein Folding and Self-Assembly of Problems

Arieh Ben-Naim

International Journal of Physics. 2013, 1(3), 66-71 doi:10.12691/ijp-1-3-2