Analysis of the Innovation Trend in Cell-Free Synthetic Biology

• Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 6; p. 551
• Main Authors: Meyer, Conary, Nakamura, Yusuke, Rasor, Blake J., Karim, Ashty S., Jewett, Michael C., Tan, Cheemeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 11.06.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Amino acids; Biology; Biotechnology; Cell walls; cell-free protein synthesis; Gene expression; Industrial applications; industry; Innovations; Metabolic engineering; Patent applications; Protein synthesis; Proteins; Search engines; Search strategies; Substrates; Synthetic biology; Technological change; transcription and translation; Trends; TX-TL; United States > US

Cell-free synthetic biology is a maturing field that aims to assemble biomolecular reactions outside cells for compelling applications in drug discovery, metabolic engineering, biomanufacturing, diagnostics, and education. Cell-free systems have several key features. They circumvent mechanisms that...