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An electron microscope study of the internal structure of casein micelles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

P. D. Shimmin  and
R. D. Hill
P. D. Shimmin
Affiliation:
Division of Dairy Research, C.S.I.R.O, Victoria, Australia
R. D. Hill
Affiliation:
Division of Dairy Research, C.S.I.R.O, Victoria, Australia
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Summary

A study of casein micelles was made with the electron microscope, using very thin sections cut from micelles embedded in Araldite. The micelles appear to be built up of units that are approximately spherical, about 100 Å in diameter and of about 300000 molecular weight.

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Original Articles
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 121 - 123
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1964

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