Hydrophobic reactions of phospholipids can produce

clusters of their fatty-acid tails to form
a. a lipid bilayer.
b. hydrolysis of the fatty acids.
c. a protein membrane.
d. a cytoskeleton.
e. a nonpolar membrane.


Answer: a

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