Visualisation of biopolymer mixtures using confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) and covalent labelling techniques

F. van de Velde, F. Weinbreck, M.W. Edelman, E. van der Linden, R.H. Tromp

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Abstract

Confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) has been used to study the behaviour of mixtures of proteins, gelatine, whey proteins and ß-lactoglobulin, and polysaccharides, dextran, gellan gum, carrageenan, gum Arabic, and starch. CSLM proved to be a suitable technique to visualise the microstructure of these (phase separated) mixtures in two and three-dimensional images. Contrast through fluorescence is obtained either by covalent labelling (polysaccharides and proteins) or non-covalent labelling (proteins and starch). Double and triple labelling allows the visualisation of individual components in a complex mixture of biopolymers.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-168
JournalColloids and Surfaces. B: Biointerfaces
Volume31
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • phase-separation
  • light-microscopy
  • whey
  • proteins

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