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 …

Wearable materials with embedded synthetic biology sensors for biomolecule detection

PQ Nguyen, LR Soenksen, NM Donghia… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Integrating synthetic biology into wearables could expand opportunities for noninvasive
monitoring of physiological status, disease states and exposure to pathogens or toxins …

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 …

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 …

A glucose meter interface for point-of-care gene circuit-based diagnostics

E Amalfitano, M Karlikow, M Norouzi, K Jaenes… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in cell-free synthetic biology have given rise to gene circuit-based sensors
with the potential to provide decentralized and low-cost molecular diagnostics. However, it …

Cell-free prototyping enables implementation of optimized reverse β-oxidation pathways in heterotrophic and autotrophic bacteria

B Vögeli, L Schulz, S Garg, K Tarasava… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon-negative synthesis of biochemical products has the potential to mitigate global CO2
emissions. An attractive route to do this is the reverse β-oxidation (r-BOX) pathway coupled …

A multiplexed, electrochemical interface for gene-circuit-based sensors

P Sadat Mousavi, SJ Smith, JB Chen, M Karlikow… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The field of synthetic biology has used the engineered assembly of synthetic gene networks
to create a wide range of functions in biological systems. To date, gene-circuit-based …

Advances in cell‐free biosensors: principle, mechanism, and applications

L Zhang, W Guo, Y Lu - Biotechnology Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic biology has promoted the development of biosensors as tools for detecting trace
substances. In the past, biosensors based on synthetic biology have been designed on …

Synthetic biology goes cell-free

A Tinafar, K Jaenes, K Pardee - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Cell-free systems (CFS) have recently evolved into key platforms for synthetic biology
applications. Many synthetic biology tools have traditionally relied on cell-based systems …