Pressure-induced dissociation of casein micelles: size distribution and effect of temperature

Pressure-induced dissociation of a turbid solution of casein micelles was studied in situ in static and dynamic light scattering experiments. We show that at high pressure casein micelles decompose into small fragments comparable in size to casein monomers. At intermediate pressure we observe partic...

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Main Authors: R. Gebhardt, W. Doster, U. Kulozik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000800008