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The potential application of the theory of branching processes to the association of milk protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

T. G. Parker
Affiliation:
The Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland, KA6 5HL
D. G. Dalgleish
Affiliation:
The Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland, KA6 5HL

Summary

The coagulation of caseins is considered in the light of a polyfunctional condensation model for protein. This model was originally developed to explain aspects of the polymerization behaviour of small molecules, but it is shown here that it can be used to explain certain aspects of the polymerization of caseins, particularly the Ca2+-induced association of αs-casein and the heat-induced coagulation of casein in whole milk.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1977

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