TY - GEN
T1 - Specific antibodies as a method for characterization of fiber surface chemistry
AU - Lappalainen, Arja
AU - Tenkanen, Maija
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Wood fibers are composed mainly of cellulose,
hemicellulose and lignin. Fiber properties such as
bonding ability are largely governed by surface chemistry
of fibers. FTIR and ESCA have been applied for analysis
of wood fibers and papers, but these methods do not give
information on the surface distribution of components.
Microscopy offers a linkage between chemistry and
structure with methods for distinctive and specific
staining or labelling of fiber components. Antibodies can
be used as specific markers for different carbohydrates.
They have been produced against oligosaccharides obtained
from xylan and xyloglucan (Takahashi and Sumiya, 1990,
Sone and Sato, 1994). Also polysaccharides have been used
as antigen (Moore, 1989, Knox et al., 1990, Westermark
and Vennigerholz, 1995).
AB - Wood fibers are composed mainly of cellulose,
hemicellulose and lignin. Fiber properties such as
bonding ability are largely governed by surface chemistry
of fibers. FTIR and ESCA have been applied for analysis
of wood fibers and papers, but these methods do not give
information on the surface distribution of components.
Microscopy offers a linkage between chemistry and
structure with methods for distinctive and specific
staining or labelling of fiber components. Antibodies can
be used as specific markers for different carbohydrates.
They have been produced against oligosaccharides obtained
from xylan and xyloglucan (Takahashi and Sumiya, 1990,
Sone and Sato, 1994). Also polysaccharides have been used
as antigen (Moore, 1989, Knox et al., 1990, Westermark
and Vennigerholz, 1995).
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 951-38-5706-9
T3 - VTT Symposium
SP - 219
EP - 222
BT - 2nd European Symposium on Enzymes in Grain Processing, ESEPG-2
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
T2 - European Symposium on Enzymes in Grain Processing, ESEGP-2
Y2 - 8 December 1999 through 10 December 1999
ER -