Multiple choice

Which scientists were the first to discover the trilaminar structure of plasma membrane?

  1. Gorter-Grendel

  2. Davson-Danielli

  3. Robertson-Grendel

  4. Singer-Nicolson

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B Correct answer
Explanation

In 1935, Davson-Danielli proposed plasma membrane is the three-layered symmetric structure. After that in 1959 and 1972, Robertson and Singer-Nicolson proposed the distinct structural model in details respectively, where Singer-Nicolson Model of plasma membrane was widely accepted. In 1925, Gorter-Grendel proposed the lipid bilayer membrane of the plasma membrane.