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Title: Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications

Abstract

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 tool, but a recent technical renaissance has facilitated high-yielding (grams of protein per litre), cell-free gene expression systems from model bacteria, the development of cell-free platforms from non-model organisms and multiplexed strategies for rapidly assessing biological design. These advances provide exciting opportunities to profoundly transform synthetic biology by enabling new approaches to the model-driven design of synthetic gene networks, the fast and portable sensing of compounds, on-demand biomanufacturing, building cells from the bottom up, and next-generation educational kits.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and Center for Synthetic Biology
  2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL (United States). Center for Synthetic Biology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Simpson Querrey Institute
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1660454
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 2301593
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018249; EE0008354; EE0008343
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Reviews. Genetics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1471-0056
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Silverman, Adam D., Karim, Ashty S., and Jewett, Michael C. Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41576-019-0186-3.
Silverman, Adam D., Karim, Ashty S., & Jewett, Michael C. Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-019-0186-3
Silverman, Adam D., Karim, Ashty S., and Jewett, Michael C. Thu . "Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-019-0186-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660454.
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title = {Cell-free gene expression: an expanded repertoire of applications},
author = {Silverman, Adam D. and Karim, Ashty S. and Jewett, Michael C.},
abstractNote = {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 tool, but a recent technical renaissance has facilitated high-yielding (grams of protein per litre), cell-free gene expression systems from model bacteria, the development of cell-free platforms from non-model organisms and multiplexed strategies for rapidly assessing biological design. These advances provide exciting opportunities to profoundly transform synthetic biology by enabling new approaches to the model-driven design of synthetic gene networks, the fast and portable sensing of compounds, on-demand biomanufacturing, building cells from the bottom up, and next-generation educational kits.},
doi = {10.1038/s41576-019-0186-3},
journal = {Nature Reviews. Genetics},
number = 3,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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