James Frederic Danielli
FRS (1911–1984) was an English biologist.
He was famous for research on the structure and the permeability of
cell membranes
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane (PM) or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of all cells from the outside environment (t ...
, developing a physical-chemical model in collaboration with the physiologist
Hugh Davson. This became known as the
Davson-Danielli or "protein sandwich" model. He also carried out studies on the chemistry of enzymes and proteins and tried to construct an artificial "cell".
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English physiologists
Fellows of the Royal Society
1911 births
1984 deaths
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