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References

Thermometer

• J. Lee & N.A. Kotov. Thermometer design at the nanoscale. Nano Today, 2(1):48-51, 2007. doi:10.1016/S1748-0132(07)70019-1

Temperature

RNA switches

Some papers on RNA switches in general.

• RNA switches regulate initiation of translation in bacteria - Stefano Marzi, Pierre Fechter, Cle´ment Chevalier, Pascale Romby and Thomas Geissmann - Biol. Chem., Vol. 389, pp. 585–598, May 2008
• mRNA-mediated detection of environmental conditions - Narberhaus, August 2002 [1]

A paper on RNA switch engineering

• RNA synthetic biology - F.J. Isaacs et al., 2006 [2]

RNA thermometers

• RNA thermometers - Narberhaus et al., May 2005 [3]
• Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer - Saheli Chowdhury, Christophe Maris, Frederic Allain and Franz Narberhaus - The EMBO Journal (2006) 25, 2487–2497
• An RNA Thermosensor Controls Expression of Virulence Genes in Listeria monocytogenes - Chowdhurry et al., 2006 [4]
• FourU: a novel type of RNA thermometer in Salmonella - Waldminghaus, 2007 [5]
• RNA Quadruplex-Based Modulation of Gene Expression - Wieland et al., June 2007 [6]
• Temperature-controlled Structural Alterations of an RNA Thermometer - Chowdhury et al., June 2003 [7]
• A mRNA-based thermosensor controls expression of rhizobial heat shock genes - Nocker et al., October 2001 [8]
• Molecular Processes in Biological Thermosensation - Digel et al., April 2008 [9]

Bioinformatics

• Genome-wide bioinformatic prediction and experimental evaluation of potential RNA thermometers - Torsten Waldminghaus · Lena C. Gaubig · Franz Narberhaus - Mol Genet Genomics (2007) 278:555–564

Color

• A general text on using micro-organisms for flavor production [10]
• The references page on the edinburgh 2007 wiki, several references on color and flavor are present [11]

Two papers on Geosmin biosynthesis (an earthy odorant):

• Biosynthesis of the earthy odorant geosmin by a bifunctional Streptomyces coelicolor enzyme, Jiang et al.[12]
• A Novel Type of Geosmin Biosynthesis in Myxobacteria, Dickschat et al. [13]

Papers on plant volatile production:

• Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature’s Diversity and Ingenuity, Pichersky et al. [14]
• Biosynthesis of plant-derived flavor compounds, Schwab et al. [15]
• Rose Scent [16]
• Stable-light producing E. coli [17]
• Identification of genes for bacterial bioluminescence [18]
• Group in Leiden working with the Soil Bacterium Streptomyces [19]