Quantitative Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Degradability of Copper Alloy Surfaces and Its Correlation to Antibacterial Activity
Copper (Cu) and its alloys have bactericidal activity known as “contact killing” with degradation of nucleic acids inside the bacteria, which is beneficial to inhibit horizontal gene transfer (HGF). In order to understand the nucleic acid degradability of Cu and its alloy surfaces, we developed a ne...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-11-01
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Series: | Antibiotics |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/12/1439 |