A bioinspired hybrid silica–protein material with antimicrobial activity by iron uptake
Identificadores
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/47230DOI: 10.1039/C3MT20211A
ISSN: 1756-5901
ISSN: 1756-591x
Metadatos
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Carmona Rodríguez-Acosta, Fernando; Mendoza, Daniela; Megía Fernández, Alicia; Santoyo González, Francisco; Domínguez Vera, José ManuelEditorial
Royal Society of Chemistry
Materia
Iron Antimicrobial Ferritin Lactoferrin
Date
2013Referencia bibliográfica
Carmona Rodríguez-Acosta, F.; et al. A bioinspired hybrid silica–protein material with antimicrobial activity by iron uptake. Metallomics, 5: 193-196 (2013). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/47230]
Patrocinador
This work was supported by MINECO and FEDER (project CTQ2009-09344), Junta de Andalucía (project P07-FQM-02899) and BIOSEARCH SA (contract PostBIO).Résumé
A silica–protein hybrid material has been prepared by simultaneous covalent deposition of apoferritin and lactoferrin on functionalized silica. This material exhibits strong antibacterial activity against E. coli due to its high iron-uptake capacity.