Editing Cereal germ (section)

==Other uses==
In [[molecular biology]], wheat germ extract is used to carry out [[Cell-free system|cell-free]] ''[[in vitro]]'' [[Translation (genetics)|translation]] experiments since the plant embryo contains all the [[macromolecular]] components necessary for translating [[mRNA]] into [[protein]]s but relatively low levels of its own mRNA.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110310121822/http://www.ambion.com/techlib/basics/translation/index.html In Vitro Translation: The Basics], Ambion</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sawasaki|first1=Tatsuya|last2=Ogasawara|first2=Tomio|last3=Morishita|first3=Ryo|last4=Endo|first4=Yaeta|date=2002-11-12|title=A cell-free protein synthesis system for high-throughput proteomics|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=99|issue=23|pages=14652–14657|doi=10.1073/pnas.232580399|issn=0027-8424|pmid=12409616|pmc=137474|bibcode=2002PNAS...9914652S|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Wheat germ is also useful in [[biochemistry]] since it contains [[lectins]] that bind strongly to certain [[glycoproteins]]; therefore, it can be used to isolate such proteins.