Evidence for antimicrobial activity associated with common house spider silk

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wright, Simon ^a   Goodacre, Sara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli; Silk; Spider; Tegenaria domestica

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ARANEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TEGENARIA; TEGENARIA DOMESTICA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROTEINASE K; SILK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84862602764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-326     Document Type: Article

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