Genetic and Structural Analyses of Coronaviruses: Insights into SARS-CoV-2 and Beyond
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 3972
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structural bioinformatics; structural biology; protein evolution; protein variants; protein structure and function; protein structure prediction; protein–protein interaction; protein–ligand interaction; genome biology and evolution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronaviruses are a large group of pathogenic viruses circulating in mammals and avians. Epidemic outbreaks have been recurrently caused by coronaviruses, the most recent of which was COVID-19, whose etiologic agent is SARS-CoV-2.
The relevance of coronaviruses to human health, for example, of SARS-CoV-2, requires rigorous genomic surveillance and studies to understand their molecular complexity and characterize their evolving variants. The findings have immediate implications for human health and therapeutic strategies and, more broadly, may have significance for studies on the molecular evolution of other human viruses.
We invite researchers to contribute to a Special Issue that delves into the molecular genetics and structural analyses of coronaviruses and their proteins using theoretical and/or experimental approaches. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge and high-quality research that elucidates the molecular basis of these viruses, their transmission dynamics, and implications for human health and treatments. Topics of interest can be summarized, not exclusively, as follows:
- The genomic characterization of coronaviruses and variants.
- Structural analyses of variant viral proteins and their functional implications also serving as targets for drugs.
- Evolutionary dynamics and mutation hotspots.
- Molecular host–virus interactions, pathogenesis, and immune responses.
- Implications for molecular diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine development.
Prof. Dr. Stefano Pascarella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2 variants
- protein variants
- protein structure
- virus evolution
- mutations
- structural bioinformatics
- molecular phylogenesis
- host–pathogen molecular interactions
- molecular immunology
- drug discovery
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