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Cell and Developmental Biology

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Master's Theses

Theses/Dissertations

2019

Protein Expression

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The Democratization And Development Of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, Max Z. Levine Nov 2019

The Democratization And Development Of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, Max Z. Levine

Master's Theses

Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) using crude lysates has developed into a robust platform technology over the last 60 years to express numerous types of recombinant proteins. The open-nature, elimination of reliance on cell viability, and focus of all energy towards production of the protein of interest represent substantial advantages of CFPS over in vivo protein expression methods. CFPS has provided new opportunities across a series of research fields that include metabolic engineering, therapeutic and vaccine development, education, biosensors, and many more. In recent years, optimizations of CFPS have even allowed the platform to reach the industrial level of protein production. …