Hydrophobic interactions:
A. arise from the tendency of nonpolar molecules to exclude water in solution.
B. destabilize proteins.
C. destabilize the base-stacking interactions of DNA helices.
D. occur between molecules having partial charges.
E. are a function of the repulsive forces generated when atoms are closer than their van der Waals radii.
Answer is A. arise from the tendency of nonpolar molecules to exclude water in solution.
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