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Biomembrane and Membrane Transport
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Who proposed the fluid mosaic model for describing the structure of plasma membrane?
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Singer and Nicholson
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S. Jonathan Singer and Garth Nicholson introduced the concept fluid mosaic model in 1972. According to this model, the lipids and integral proteins are disposed in a kind of mosaic arrangement. Both lipids and integral proteins are able to move within the layer. They are held together by weak interactions like ionic and hydrogen bonds.