About Janet Plowe
Born 1905. Janet Plowe was an American biologist.
Janet Quentin Plowe was a biologist credited for helping to discover the cell membrane.
Biography In 1931 she demonstrated that the cell membrane is physical, instead of an interface between two different liquids.
Plowe, a student of William Seifriz, was among the pioneers of micro-injection into plant cells.
She discovered the elasticity and composition of several large organelles, and the cell membrane itself.
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Who was Janet Plowe?
American biologist
When was Janet Plowe born?
Janet Plowe was born in 1905 in California.
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Janet Plowe was a biologist.
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Janet Plowe was American.
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