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  1. Donor-strand exchange drives assembly of the TasA scaffold in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Liraz Chai

  2. Inhibitory Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate-Silver Nanoparticles and Their Lysozyme Bioconjugates on Biofilm Formation and Cytotoxicity

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Liraz Chai

  3. Molecular architecture of the TasA biofilm scaffold in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Liraz Chai

  4. Inhibitory effect of EGCG-AgNPs and their lysozyme bioconjugates on biofilm formation and cytotoxicity

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Liraz Chai

  5. Multiscale X-ray study of Bacillus subtilis biofilms reveals interlinked structural hierarchy and elemental heterogeneity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Liraz Chai

  6. Direct measurement of the viscoelectric effect in water

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jacob Klein, Liraz Chai

  7. Multiscale X-ray study of Bacillus subtilis biofilms reveals interlinked structural hierarchy and elemental heterogeneity

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Liraz Chai

  8. Fibrilar Polymorphism of the Bacterial Extracellular Matrix Protein TasA

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Liraz Chai

  9. Bacillus subtilis biofilms characterized as hydrogels. Insights on water uptake and water binding in biofilms

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Liraz Chai

  10. Colloidal-like aggregation of a functional amyloid protein

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Liraz Chai

  11. Nanomechanical properties of steric zipper globular structures

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Liraz Chai

  12. Cover Feature: The Bacterial Extracellular Matrix Protein TapA Is a Two‐Domain Partially Disordered Protein (ChemBioChem 3/2019)

    Article • ChemBioChem, January 2019, Wiley

    Liraz Chai

  13. The Bacterial Extracellular Matrix Protein TapA Is a Two‐Domain Partially Disordered Protein

    Article • ChemBioChem, December 2018, Wiley

    Liraz Chai

  14. Biopolymers from a Bacterial Extracellular Matrix Affect the Morphology and Structure of Calcium Carbonate Crystals

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Liraz Chai

  15. Bacterial Model Membranes Reshape Fibrillation of a Functional Amyloid Protein

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Liraz Chai