Cryo-transmission electron tomography of native casein micelles from bovine milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5770-5775

  Trejo, R ^a   Dokland, T ^b   Jurat Fuentes, J ^a   Harte, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Casein micelle; Cryo transmission electron tomography; Micelle model

Indexed keywords

CASEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICELLE; MILK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CATTLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MILK;

EID: 82155170618     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4368     Document Type: Article

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