# James Danielli

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{{Short description|English biologist (1911–1984)}}
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'''James Frederic Danielli''' [FRS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society)<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Stein | first1 = W. D. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1986.0005 | title = James Frederic Danielli. 13 November 1911 – 22 April 1984 | journal = [Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society](/source/Biographical_Memoirs_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society) | volume = 32 | pages = 116 | year = 1986 | jstor = 770110| doi-access = free }}</ref> (1911&ndash;1984) was an English biologist.

He was famous for research on the structure and the permeability of [cell membranes](/source/cell_membranes), developing a physical-chemical model in collaboration with the physiologist [Hugh Davson](/source/Hugh_Davson). This became known as the [Davson-Danielli](/source/Davson-Danielli_model)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Danielli | first1 = J. F. | author-link1 = James Danielli| last2 = Davson | first2 = H. | author-link2 = Hugh Davson| doi = 10.1002/jcp.1030050409 | title = A contribution to the theory of permeability of thin films | journal = Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology | volume = 5 | issue = 4 | pages = 495 | year = 1935 }}</ref> 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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