Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications

AD Silverman, AS Karim, MC Jewett - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Cell-free biology is the activation of biological processes without the use of intact living cells.
It has been used for more than 50 years across the life sciences as a foundational research …

Cell-free gene expression

D Garenne, MC Haines, EF Romantseva… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cell-free gene expression (CFE) emerged as an alternative approach to living cells for
specific applications in protein synthesis and labelling for structural biology and proteomics …

A user's guide to cell-free protein synthesis

NE Gregorio, MZ Levine, JP Oza - Methods and protocols, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is a platform technology that provides new opportunities
for protein expression, metabolic engineering, therapeutic development, education, and …

Step** on the gas to a circular economy: accelerating development of carbon-negative chemical production from gas fermentation

N Fackler, BD Heijstra, BJ Rasor… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Owing to rising levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and oceans, climate change
poses significant environmental, economic, and social challenges globally. Technologies …

Single-pot glycoprotein biosynthesis using a cell-free transcription-translation system enriched with glycosylation machinery

T Jaroentomeechai, JC Stark, A Natarajan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The emerging discipline of bacterial glycoengineering has made it possible to produce
designer glycans and glycoconjugates for use as vaccines and therapeutics. Unfortunately …

Point-of-Use Detection of Environmental Fluoride via a Cell-Free Riboswitch-Based Biosensor

W Thavarajah, AD Silverman, MS Verosloff… - ACS synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Advances in biosensor engineering have enabled the design of programmable molecular
systems to detect a range of pathogens, nucleic acids, and chemicals. Here, we engineer …

Enabling technology and core theory of synthetic biology

XE Zhang, C Liu, J Dai, Y Yuan, C Gao, Y Feng… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Synthetic biology provides a new paradigm for life science research (“build to learn”) and
opens the future journey of biotechnology (“build to use”). Here, we discuss advances of …

The all-E. coliTXTL toolbox 3.0: new capabilities of a cell-free synthetic biology platform

D Garenne, S Thompson, A Brisson… - Synthetic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The new generation of cell-free gene expression systems enables the prototy** and
engineering of biological systems in vitro over a remarkable scope of applications and …

Bottom-up construction of complex biomolecular systems with cell-free synthetic biology

N Laohakunakorn, L Grasemann… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell-free systems offer a promising approach to engineer biology since their open nature
allows for well-controlled and characterized reaction conditions. In this review, we discuss …

An automated cell-free workflow for transcription factor engineering

HM Ekas, B Wang, AD Silverman, JB Lucks… - ACS synthetic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design and optimization of metabolic pathways, genetic systems, and engineered
proteins rely on high-throughput assays to streamline design-build-test-learn cycles …