Biological Networks of Specialized Metabolites and Plants

Dear Colleagues,

Plants produce a broad range of specialized metabolites; however, their functions in plants have been ignored. Over the past few decades, reports on the significant roles that specialized metabolites play in biological events have been accumulating. Since there are plenty of specialized metabolites in and around plants, the interactions between specialized metabolites and plants produce complex networks. Elucidation of the biological relevance of such large networks remains a challenge. The recent advances in technology have enabled researchers to obtain "big data" that include biological and chemical information. These interdisciplinary data are anticipated to become a driving force for the study of biological networks.

This Special Issue focuses on networks of metabolites and plants. Authors are invited to submit original research and review papers related to transcriptomics, metabolomics, genomics, and computational approaches. We also welcome papers that comprehensively study the relationship between specialized metabolites and plants.

Dr. Kengo Morohashi
Guest Editor

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