Bioinformatics: From Gene to Networks

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is devoted to research in the field of biology, biotechnology, agriculture, and medicine using in silico analysis of biological data.

Currently, there is no field of biological sciences that does not involve bioinformatics, particularly at the molecular level. The applied areas of bioinformatics are based on the analysis of accumulated data on DNA, RNA and protein sequences, protein structures, gene expression profiles, and biochemical pathways that have been experimentally confirmed to be involved into metabolic processes (and, consequently, phenotypic traits of organisms). Functional, structural and comparative genomics, oligonucleotide-based and recombinant DNA technologies, and medical informatics are most advanced of biological approaches, covered by bioinformatics. The identification of single genes and their functions allows us to predict the structures and functions of proteins, and their involvement into metabolic pathway networks. By the means of bioinformatics, it is possible to measure the levels of gene expression in different cells or tissiues, construct expression vectors, provide addressed gene editing, develop models for pathogenesis, and design drugs for medical treatment.

In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring cutting-edge research and recent advances in the fields of all interdisciplinary sciences using bioinformatics. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive review and survey papers.

Dr. Larissa A. Balabanova
Dr. Yuri N. Shkryl
Guest Editors

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