Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29900421›Full record

ReviewSynthetic and systems biotechnology2018

Cell-free protein synthesis enabled rapid prototyping for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.

Lihong Jiang, Jiarun Zhao, Jiazhang Lian, Zhinan Xu

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Synthetic and systems biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. One-pot cloning and protein expression platform for genetic engineering.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  7. Advancing synthetic biology through cell-free protein synthesis.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023
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  13. Biological Materials: The Next Frontier for Cell-Free Synthetic Biology.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  18. Cell-Free Protein Synthesis From Fast-GrowingFrontiers in microbiology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lihong JiangKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Jiarun ZhaoKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Jiazhang LianKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Zhinan XuKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology have facilitated the manufacturing of many valuable-added compounds and commodity chemicals using microbial cell factories in the past decade. However, due to complexity of cellular metabolism, the optimization of metabolic pathways for maximal production represents a grand challenge and an unavoidable barrier for metabolic engineering. Recently, cell-free protein synthesis system (CFPS) has been emerging as an enabling alternative to address challenges in biomanufacturing. This review summarizes the recent progresses of CFPS in rapid prototyping of biosynthetic pathways and genetic circuits (biosensors) to speed up design-build-test (DBT) cycles of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.

Indexed as

Cell-free protein synthesisGenetic circuitsMetabolic engineeringMetabolic pathway optimizationSynthetic biology

Identifiers

PMID29900421
PMCPMC5995451
OpenAlexW2792366154

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