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Where can the phosphate portion of the phospholipids in a membrane be found?

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Where can the phosphate portion of the phospholipids in a membrane be found? on the surface, facing the outside liquid or the cytoplasm inside. The phosphate head is hydrophilic, therefore it will either face the water outside the cell or the water inside the cell.

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