Epigenome, Epitranscriptome and Single Cell Analysis in Cell Fate Choice
A special issue of Epigenomes (ISSN 2075-4655).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 29708
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer epigenetics; polycomb; chromatin remodeling; gene silencing; cellular differentiation; RNA modifications
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Interests: epigenetics; regulation of gene expression; chromatin; methylation; epigenomics; chromatin structure
Interests: stem cells; pluripotency/differentiation; neuroscience; neurodegenerative disease; cell metabolism; cell signaling; non-coding RNA
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The epigenome refers to the complete DNA methylation, histone modification, nucleosome occupancy, as well as coding and non-coding RNA expression in different cell types. These modifications can result in changes to the structure of chromatin and changes to the function of the genome.The importance of analyzing these modifications at the single cell level is rapidly emerging as a revolutionary reserch area. Similarly, understanding the function and mechanisms of the dynamic RNA modifications, which are termed “RNA epigenetics”, represents a new challenge at the frontier between different disciplines, such as biochemistry, epigenetics, and cutting-edge technology. Reversible RNA modifications add a new dimension to the developing picture of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. This new dimension awaits integration with transcriptional regulation (i.e., DNA modifications), to decipher the multi-layered information that controls a plethora of biological functions. The epitranscriptome includes all the biochemical modifications of the RNA (the transcriptome) within a cell. Thus, in the era of advanced technologies, the exciting next step is to move from mapping nucleotide modifications to understanding how they contribute to biological processes.
In this Special Issue, we will consider reviews, research, or method manuscripts of exceptional interest on the following topics:
-Dynamic DNA and RNA modifications;
-Decoding the function of DNA and RNA modifications;
-DNA and RNA epigenetics in cell and development;
-Epigenomes and epitranscriptomes;
-Single cell analysis
Dr. Luciano Di Croce
Dr. Maria R. Matarazzo
Dr. Annalisa Fico
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- DNA methylation
- RNA modification
- histone modification
- N6-methyladenosine (m6A)
- epitranscriptome
- transcriptome
- epigenetics
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