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- Ellis, T., Adie, T. & Baldwin, G.S. DNA assembly for synthetic biology: from parts to pathways and beyond. Integrative Biology 3, 109-118 (2011).
- Lewis, J., Mantovani, Simone M., Fu, Y. (2010). Combinatorial Alanine Substitution Enables Rapid Optimization ofCytochrome P450BM3for Selective Hydroxylation of Large Substrates. ChemBioChem Volume 11, Issue 18, 2502–2505. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.201000565/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.201000565/abstract]
- p450 BM3 enzymes' ability to degrade organic compounds.
- Liney, K.E., Jobling, S., Shears, J.A., Simpson, P. & Tyler, C.R. Assessing the Sensitivity of Different Life Stages for Sexual Disruption in Roach (Rutilus rutilus) Exposed to Effluents from Wastewater Treatment Works. Environ Health Perspect 113 (2005).
- Endocrine disruptors' effects on wildlife
- Lipke, H. & Kearns, C.W. DDT Dehydrochlorinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 234, 2123-2128 (1959).
- Information about DDT Dehydrochlorinase [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K620000 (BBa_K620000).]
- Kang J, K. F. (2002). Bisphenol A Degradation by Bacteria Isolated from River Water. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 265-269. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/ge1mec9289r4cw3w/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/ge1mec9289r4cw3w/]
- Isolation of EDC-degrading bacteria from environmental samples.
- Kiyohara, H., Nagao, K., Yana, K. (1982). Rapid screen for bacteria degrading water-insoluble, solid hydrocarbons on agar plates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 454-457. [http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/2/454 http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/2/454]
- Plating water-insoluble chemicals by dissolving in ether.
- Kuiper, George G. J. M. et al. “Interactions of Estrogenic Chemicals and Phytoestrogens with Estrogen Receptor β.” Endocrinology 139.10 (1998): 4252-4263. [http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/139/10/4252 http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/139/10/4252]
- Background on estrogenic compounds and estrogen receptor beta
- Liney K, J. S. (2005). Assessing the Sensitivity of Different Life Stages for Sexual Disruption in Roach (Rutilus rutilus) Exposed to Effluents from Wastewater Treatment Works. Environmental Health Perspectives, 1299-1307. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281270/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281270/]
- Prapanthadara, L., Koottathep, S., Promtet, N., Hemingway, J., Ketterman, A. (1995) Purification and characterization of a major glutathione S-transferase from the mosquito Anopheles dirus (Species B). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Volume 26, Issue 3, 277-285. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0965174895000909 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0965174895000909]
- Prapanthadara, L.-a., H. Ranson, et al. (1998). "Cloning, expression and characterization of an insect class I glutathione S-transferase from Anopheles dirus species B." Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 28(5-6): 321-329. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096517489800006X]
- Kinetics of DDT-degrading enzyme.
- Routledge, Edwin J. and John P. Sumpter. “Estrogenic Activity of Surfactant and Some of their Degradation Products Assessed Using a Recombinant Yeast Screen.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15.3 (1996): 241-248. [http://www.oekomorph-zoologie.uni- hd.de/Alternativmethoden/routledge%20and%20sumpter%201996.pdf http://www.oekomorph-zoologie.uni- hd.de/Alternativmethoden/routledge%20and%20sumpter%201996.pdf]
- Background on estrogenic compounds and a yeast screen for them
- Sasaki, M., Tsuchido, T., & Matsumura, Y. (2008). Molecular cloning and characterization of cytochrome P450 and ferredoxin genes involved in bisphenol A degradation in Sphingomonas bisphenolicum strain AO1. Journal of applied microbiology, 105(4), 1158-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03843.x. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03843.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03843.x/full]
- Sasaki, M., Ayako Akahira, Ko-‐ichi Oshiman, Tetsuaki Tsuchido, and Yoshinobu Matsumura Purification of Cytochrome P450 and Ferredoxin, Involved in Bisphenol A Degradation, from Sphingomonas sp. Strain AO1 Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 December; 71(12): 8024–8030. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.12.8024-‐8030.2005
- Information on BisdA (BBa_K123000) and BisdB (BBa_K123001)
- Sommer, M.O.A., Church, G.M. & Dantas, G. A functional metagenomic approach for expanding the synthetic biology toolbox for biomass conversion. Mol Syst Biol 6 (2010).
- Information on sequencing environmental samples
- Um, Y., Chang, M. W., & Holoman, T. P. (2010). A simple and effective plating method to screen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria under various redox conditions. Applied Microbiology, 291-297. doi: 10.1007/s00253-010-2761-6. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/vk5ln5p745827082/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/vk5ln5p745827082/]
- Alternative method for plating water-insoluble chemicals.
- Wise, Amber, Kacie O’Brien and Tracey Woodruff. “Are Oral Contraceptives a Significant Contributor to the Estrogenicity of Drinking Water?” Environmental Science & Technology 45.1 (2011): 51-60 [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es1014482 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es1014482].
- Background on contraceptives as endocrine disruptors
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