Insights into RNA Coding and Transcriptional Regulation
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "RNA".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editor
Interests: miRNA; genomics; RNA coding; gene regulation; transcriptomics; genetic variation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a forthcoming Special Issue of our journal dedicated to an exciting and rapidly evolving field of RNA biology, titled "Insights into RNA Coding and Transcriptional Regulation".
RNA serves both as a messenger that carries genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome and plays a variety of regulatory roles that fine-tune gene expression. Recent advances in genomic technologies have revealed that RNA-based gene regulation, through different classes of non-coding RNAs, is involved in almost every aspect of biology. Those include piwi-associated RNAs, endogenous short-interfering RNAs, microRNAs, and long non-coding RNAs. They act as key regulators of gene expression in many different cellular pathways and systems.
This Special Issue will focus on research and review articles that explore the multifaceted roles of RNA in gene expression and regulation. We will consider manuscripts on topics including, but not limited to, studies on coding and non-coding RNAs, RNA modifications, splicing mechanisms, RNA–protein interactions, and RNA-based regulation of gene expression. Special attention will also be given to RNA sequencing and single-cell transcriptomics. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Zihua Hu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- RNA coding
- transcriptomics
- non-coding RNAs (ncRNA)
- long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)
- microRNA (miRNA)
- RNA modifications
- RNA splicing
- RNA editing
- RNA in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation
- gene expression regulation
- scRNA
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