The Influence of Arginine on the Response of Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) Proteins to Thermal Stress: Towards Improving the Stability of EMD-Based Products

Alessandra Apicella; Peggy Heunemann; Sreenath Bolisetty; Matteo Marascio; Anja Gemperli Graf; Laszlo Garamszegi; Raffaele Mezzenga; Peter Fischer; Christopher J. Plummer; Jan-Anders Månson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144641

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The Influence of Arginine on the Response of Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) Proteins to Thermal Stress: Towards Improving the Stability of EMD-Based Products

Alessandra Apicella ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Apicella, Peggy Heunemann, Christopher J. Plummer

Current address: Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health, Passage du Cardinal 1, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Affiliation Laboratoire des Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Peggy Heunemann ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Apicella, Peggy Heunemann, Christopher J. Plummer

Affiliation Food Process Engineering, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Sreenath Bolisetty,

Affiliation Food and Soft Materials Science, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Matteo Marascio,

Affiliation Laboratoire des Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Anja Gemperli Graf,

Affiliation Institut Straumann AG, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
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Laszlo Garamszegi,

Affiliation Institut Straumann AG, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
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Raffaele Mezzenga,

Affiliation Food and Soft Materials Science, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Peter Fischer ,

* E-mail: peter.fischer@hest.ethz.ch (PF); christopher.plummer@epfl.ch (CJP)

Affiliation Food Process Engineering, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Christopher J. Plummer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Apicella, Peggy Heunemann, Christopher J. Plummer

* E-mail: peter.fischer@hest.ethz.ch (PF); christopher.plummer@epfl.ch (CJP)

Affiliation Laboratoire des Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jan-Anders Månson

Affiliation Laboratoire des Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The Influence of Arginine on the Response of Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) Proteins to Thermal Stress: Towards Improving the Stability of EMD-Based Products

Alessandra Apicella,
Peggy Heunemann,
Sreenath Bolisetty,
Matteo Marascio,
Anja Gemperli Graf,
Laszlo Garamszegi,
Raffaele Mezzenga,
Peter Fischer,
Christopher J. Plummer,
Jan-Anders Månson

Published: December 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144641

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