High Pressure Promotes β-Lactoglobulin Aggregation through SH/S-S Interchange Reactions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 912-921

  Funtenberger, S ^a   Dumay, E ^a   Cheftel, J C ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Disulfide bonds; Hydrostatic pressure; Intermolecular S S; SH S S interchange reactions; Sulfhydryl groups; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001190763     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960383d     Document Type: Article

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