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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

• 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]
• Isaacs FJ, Dwyer DJ, Collins JJ. RNA synthetic biology. Nature Biology, 24(5):545-54, 2006. PMID:16680139

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
• J . Johansson, P . Mandin, A . Renzoni, C . Chiaruttini, M . Springer, and P . Cossart. An RNA thermosensor controls expression of virulance genes in Listeria monocytogenes. Cell , 110(5):551-561, 2002. PMID:12230973
• Torsten Waldminghaus, Nadja Heidrich, Sabine Brantl, and Franz Narberhaus. FourU: a novel type of RNA thermometer in Salmonella. Molecular Microbiology, 65(2):413-424, 2007. PMID:17630972
• M. Wieland and J.S. Hartig. RNA Quadruplex-Based Modulation of Gene Expression. Chemistry & Biology, 14(7):757–763, 2007. PMID:17656312
• Saheli Chowdhury, Curdin Ragaz, Emma Kreuger, and Franz Narberhaus. Temperature-controlled Structural Alterations of an RNA Thermometer. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(48):47915-47921, 2003. PMID:12963744
• Nocker A, Hausherr T, Balsiger S, Krstulovic NP, Hennecke H, Narberhaus F. A mRNA-based thermosensor controls expression of rhizobial heat shock genes. 29(23):4800-4807, 2001 PMID:11726689

Color

• A general text on using micro-organisms for flavor production [2]
• The references page on the edinburgh 2007 wiki, several references on color and flavor are present [3]

Two papers on Geosmin biosynthesis (an earthy odorant):

• Biosynthesis of the earthy odorant geosmin by a bifunctional Streptomyces coelicolor enzyme, Jiang et al.[4]
• A Novel Type of Geosmin Biosynthesis in Myxobacteria, Dickschat et al. [5]

Papers on plant volatile production:

• Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature’s Diversity and Ingenuity, Pichersky et al. [6]
• Biosynthesis of plant-derived flavor compounds, Schwab et al. [7]
• Rose Scent [8]
• Stable-light producing E. coli [9]
• Identification of genes for bacterial bioluminescence [10]
• Group in Leiden working with the Soil Bacterium Streptomyces [11]