TY - GEN AU - Franco,Albina R AU - Palma Kimmerling,Erica AU - Silva,Carla AU - Rodrigues,Fernando J AU - Leonor,Isabel B AU - Reis,Rui L AU - Kaplan,David L TI - Silk-Based Antimicrobial Polymers as a New Platform to Design Drug-Free Materials to Impede Microbial Infections SN - 1616-5195 PY - 2019///0820 KW - Animals KW - Anti-Infective Agents KW - chemistry KW - Bacterial Adhesion KW - drug effects KW - Biocompatible Materials KW - Biofilms KW - Candida albicans KW - Cell Line KW - Cell Survival KW - Fibroblasts KW - cytology KW - Fibroins KW - biosynthesis KW - Gene Expression KW - Gram-Negative Bacteria KW - Gram-Positive Bacteria KW - Hepcidins KW - Humans KW - Microbial Viability KW - Plasmids KW - Polymerization KW - Protein Conformation, beta-Strand KW - Recombinant Fusion Proteins KW - Spiders KW - physiology KW - Surgical Wound Infection KW - prevention & control KW - Sutures KW - microbiology KW - alpha-Defensins N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201800262 ER -