The inventions is based on an expression enhancer sequence derived from theRNA-2 genome segment of a bipartiteRNA virus, in which a target initiation site in the RNA-2 genome segment hasbeen mutated. Deletion of appropriate start codonsupstream of the main RNA2 translation initiation can greatly increase inforeign protein accumulation without the need for viralreplication. Also provided are methods, vectors and systems, including thehyper-translatable Cowpea Mosaic Virus (CPMV-HT)based protein expression system.