Synthetic DNA and RNA Programming
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2018) | Viewed by 74230
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Interests: epigenetics; genetic code expansion; molecular evolution; non-canonical amino acids; post-translational modifications; protein/RNA engineering; protein synthesis; sense codon recoding; redox biology; tRNA; mistranslation; neurodegeneration
Interests: RNA editing; molecular biology; protein biochemistry; RNA binding proteins; transcriptomics; RNA decay; synthetic biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Synthetic biology is a broad and emerging discipline that capitalizes on recent advances in molecular biology, genetics, protein and RNA engineering and omics technologies. These technologies have transformed our ability to reveal the biology of the cell and the molecular basis of disease. This Special Issue on “Synthetic RNA and DNA Programming” features original research articles and reviews, highlighting novel aspects of basic molecular biology and the molecular mechanisms of disease that were uncovered by the application and development of novel synthetic biology-driven approaches.
Dr. Patrick O'Donoghue and Dr. Ilka Heinemann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genetic code expansion
- genome synthesis
- genome editing
- microRNA
- protein modification
- RNA metabolism
- tRNA
- synthetic biology
- unnatural amino acids
- unnatural nucleotides
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