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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

• F. Narberhaus, T. Waldminghaus & S. Chowdhury. RNA thermometers. FEMS Microbiol Rev, 30(1):3-16, 2006. PMID:16438677
• Saheli Chowdhury, Christophe Maris, Frédéric H-T Allain, and Franz Narberhaus. Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer. The EMBO Journal, 25:2487–2497, 2006. PMID:16710302
• An RNA Thermosensor Controls Expression of Virulence Genes in Listeria monocytogenes - Chowdhurry et al., 2006 [3]
• FourU: a novel type of RNA thermometer in Salmonella - Waldminghaus, 2007 [4]
• RNA Quadruplex-Based Modulation of Gene Expression - Wieland et al., June 2007 [5]
• Temperature-controlled Structural Alterations of an RNA Thermometer - Chowdhury et al., June 2003 [6]
• A mRNA-based thermosensor controls expression of rhizobial heat shock genes - Nocker et al., October 2001 [7]
• Molecular Processes in Biological Thermosensation - Digel et al., April 2008 [8]

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 [9]
• The references page on the edinburgh 2007 wiki, several references on color and flavor are present [10]

Two papers on Geosmin biosynthesis (an earthy odorant):

• Biosynthesis of the earthy odorant geosmin by a bifunctional Streptomyces coelicolor enzyme, Jiang et al.[11]
• A Novel Type of Geosmin Biosynthesis in Myxobacteria, Dickschat et al. [12]

Papers on plant volatile production:

• Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature’s Diversity and Ingenuity, Pichersky et al. [13]
• Biosynthesis of plant-derived flavor compounds, Schwab et al. [14]
• Rose Scent [15]
• Stable-light producing E. coli [16]
• Identification of genes for bacterial bioluminescence [17]
• Group in Leiden working with the Soil Bacterium Streptomyces [18]