Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1338-1353 , April 2009

Review of the chemistry of αS2-casein and the generation of a homologous molecular model to explain its properties1

  • H.M. Farrell Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Dairy Processing and Products Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • E.L. Malin

      Affiliations

    • Dairy Processing and Products Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038
    • ,
  • E.M. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Dairy Processing and Products Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038
    • ,
  • A. Mora-Gutierrez

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Agricultural Research Center, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446

Received 12 September 2008 ,Accepted 18 November 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(09)70445-X

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1711

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1338-1353 , April 2009

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