Globular protein gelation

In this paper, significant advances in the structure and rheological proper ties of globular protein gels have been described. The achievements of scat tering methods, which have provided information over a range of distances f rom the monomer to the micron scale, are reviewed. The kinetics of gelation measured by rheological methods have also been discussed, including curren tly applied models for the gelation time, the gel elastic modulus and the c ritical gel concentration. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserv ed.