Plant Virus Infections—Studies Focusing on Virus Genome Organization and Functions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3134
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant virus; plant virus genome; plant genome; plant virus RNA translation; plant virus evolution
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plasmodesmata; plant virus; phloem transport; plant-pathogen interaction; plant defense response; RNA silencing in plants; cell-to-cell movement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Genome studies are a fast-developing field of molecular plant virology, focusing on the structure of virus RNAs and DNAs, function of encoded genes, and their evolution and mapping. Recent achievements in omics technologies and bioinformatics tools have substantially increased the ability of researchers to analyze and understand genomes and to use these knowledges in biotechnology as well as plant breeding. The purpose of this Special Issue is to report recent progress in genomic studies in plant viruses. This includes but is not limited to genome sequencing, genome structure and organization, infectious virus genome assembly, gene prediction, comparative genomics and transcriptomics, genome and protein evolution, gene editing, expression profiling, the functions of specific genes, and protein–protein interactions between virus polypeptides as well as between viral and host products. Bioinformatics tools and databases assisting genomic and transcriptomic data analyses are also welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Sergey Morozov
Prof. Dr. Andrey Solovyev
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant virus
- function of virus proteins
- expression of virus genomes
- evolution of plant viruses
- transcriptomic data
- omics technologies
- bioinformatics tools
- virus genome sequencing
- virus genome organization
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