Franco, Albina R

Silk-Based Antimicrobial Polymers as a New Platform to Design Drug-Free Materials to Impede Microbial Infections. [electronic resource] - Macromolecular bioscience 12 2018 - e1800262 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1616-5195

10.1002/mabi.201800262 doi


Animals
Anti-Infective Agents--chemistry
Bacterial Adhesion--drug effects
Biocompatible Materials--chemistry
Biofilms--drug effects
Candida albicans--drug effects
Cell Line
Cell Survival
Fibroblasts--cytology
Fibroins--biosynthesis
Gene Expression
Gram-Negative Bacteria--drug effects
Gram-Positive Bacteria--drug effects
Hepcidins--biosynthesis
Humans
Microbial Viability--drug effects
Plasmids--chemistry
Polymerization
Protein Conformation, beta-Strand
Recombinant Fusion Proteins--biosynthesis
Spiders--physiology
Surgical Wound Infection--prevention & control
Sutures--microbiology
alpha-Defensins--biosynthesis