State true or false.

Is it true that the sandwich model of plasma membrane was given by Danielli and Davson?

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Detailed Solution

The above given statement is true.
Concept- Danielli and Davson proposed the sandwich model of the plasma membrane, this model aslo called pauci molecular model. According to the sandwich model, a Plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer that is sandwiched between two layers of protein. It describes the position of protein within the lipid bilayer.
Plama membrane structure can be easily understand by the sandwich model. In plasms membrane phospholipd layer is present between two layer of the protein like in sandwich stuffings are present between the two breads.
So, it is a right statement.
Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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