Much of the basis for it was first postulated by Gorter and Grendel, although their work was later modified by Danielli, Davson, and Robertson.
Much of the basis for it was first postulated by Gorter and Grendel, although their work was later modified by Danielli, Davson, and Robertson. Caveolae and certain kinds of "rafts" belie its name, as these are more cohesive regions unable to diffuse as freely. A central point of it is that proteins can move laterally, and it divides proteins into the categories of integral and peripheral, or intrinsic and extrinsic. Proposed by Singer and Nicolson in 1972, it describes the matrix and two-dimensional solvent nature of the phospholipid bilayer. FTP, name this currently-accepted model of the cell membrane, named for the liquid-like movement of the lipids within it.
Much of the basis for it was first postulated by Gorter and Grendel, although their work was later modified by Danielli, Davson, and Robertson.
fluid mosaic model