PARAGEN 1.0: A Standardized Synthetic Gene Library for Fast Cell-Free Bacteriocin Synthesis

The continuous emergence of microbial resistance to our antibiotic arsenal drugs is widely becoming recognized as an imminent threat to global human health. Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides currently under consideration as real alternatives or complements to common antibiotics. These peptides have been highly studied, novel bacteriocins are regularly reported and several genomic databases on these peptides are currently maintained....