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Antimicrobial coating of spider silk to prevent bacterial attachment on silk surgical sutures

Albina R. Franco, Emanuel M. Fernandes, Márcia T. Rodrigues, Fernando Rodrigues, Manuela E. Gomes, Isabel B. Leonor, David L. Kaplan, Rui L. Reis

Acta Biomaterialia · 2019 · 115 citations · 51 references

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Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms

Michael Zasloff · Nature · 2002 · 8.4K citations

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Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002

R. Monina Klevens, Jonathan R. Edwards, Chesley Richards et al. · Public Health Reports · 2007 · 3K citations

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Silk as a biomaterial

Charu Vepari, David L. Kaplan · Progress in Polymer Science · 2007 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

Sinan Keten, Zhi Ping Xu, Britni Ihle et al. · Nature Materials · 2010 · 1.4K citations

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Bacteria–surface interactions

Hannah H. Tuson, Douglas B. Weibel · Soft Matter · 2013 · 716 citations

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