Wheat glutenin proteins assemble into a nanostructure with unusual structural features

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Mackintosh, Sarah H ^a   Meade, Susie J ^a   Healy, Jackie P ^b   Sutton, Kevin H ^a   Larsen, Nigel G ^a   Squires, Adam M ^c   Gerrard, Juliet A ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutenins; Protein nanostructure; Wheat protein; X ray fibre diffraction

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 57149096856     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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