Casein micelle structure: Models and muddles

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 148-153

  Horne, David S ^a  

^a HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate nanoclusters; Casein micelle models; Casein micelle structure; Caseins; Hydrophobic interactions; Micellar calcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE NANOCLUSTERS; CASEIN MICELLE MODELS; CASEIN MICELLE STRUCTURE; CASEINS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; MICELLAR CALCIUM PHOSPHATES;

MICELLES;

CASEIN; MILK PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICELLE; MICELLIZATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744991713     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2005.11.004     Document Type: Review

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