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Useful References

Milk Research

1. A general overview of milk and how factors affect its lifespan and production, [1].
2. University of Guelph Overview of Milk: [2].
3. Investigations into the activity of enzymes produced by spoilage-causing bacteria: a possible basis for improved shelf-life estimation: Braun et al. Food Microbiology. v.16 Pgs. 531-540. 1999.
4. Microbial and biochemical spoilage of foods: An overview. intVeld, JHJH. International Journal of Food Microbiology. v.33 Pgs. 1-18. 1996.
5. pH & gene expression old review (1993), but useful. [3]
6. Effect of Temperature, Pressure, and CO2 Concentration on the pH of milk: Ma et al. Journal of Dairy Science. v.86 Pgs. 3822-3830. 2003. [4]
7. Dairy Science and Technology. 2nd ed: Walstra et al. 2006 CRC Press.

UV Research

1. An overview of the SOS genes, [5].
2. A related article, examining response times and mechanisms of SOS induction by attaching promoters to GFP: [6].
3. Web of Science page for "Binding of Photolyase of E. coli to UV-Damaged DNA" [7]
4. Sequences of the E. coli Photolyase gene and protein: [8]
5. "Promoters of the phr gene in E. coli K-12": Ma, Chuping and Claud S. Rupert. Molecular and General Genetics. v.248 Pgs. 52-58. 1995.
6. "The LexA protein does not bind specifically to the two SOS box-like sequences immediately 5' to the phr gene." [9]

UV Basics and Skin Cancer Statistics

1. UV varies on any given day. What is the UV index? EPA definition and UV map predictions for US [10]
2. Skin Cancer Stats from the American Academy of Dermatology [11]

Useful Tools

1. Go through Purdue Libraries [12] to get to the research databases. I prefer Web of Science.
2. Wiley Protocols in Molecular Biology. Link will only work on Purdue Recognized Computers. [13]
3. Biobricks Parts Registry [14]

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