Protein expression remains a bottleneck in the production of proteins. Owing to several advantages, cell-free translation is emerging as an alternative to cell-based methods for the generation of proteins. Recent advances have led to many novel applications of cell-free systems in biotechnology, proteomics and fundamental biological research. This special issue of New Biotechnology describes recent advances in cell-free protein expression systems and their applications.

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体外蛋白质表达：一种替代基于细胞的方法的新兴方法

蛋白质表达仍然是蛋白质生产的瓶颈。由于有几个优点，无细胞翻译正在成为基于细胞的蛋白质生成方法的替代方案。最近的进展导致了无细胞系统在生物技术、蛋白质组学和基础生物学研究中的许多新应用。本期《新生物技术》特刊介绍了无细胞蛋白质表达系统及其应用的最新进展。