State-of-the-Art Molecular Genetics in Japan

Dear colleagues,

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of molecular genetics and genomes relating to all aspects of life from Japan. We encourage the submission of manuscripts that provide novel and mechanistic insights and papers that report significant advances in the field. Species including but not limited to mammals, rodents, fish, flies, worms, yeast, or other models of disease are of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Gene regulation, chromatin, and epigenetics;
• Genome integrity, repair, and replication;
• Microbial genetics;
• Plant genetic and genomic studies;
• Sex differences;
• Genes or genomes related to phenotypes and human physiopathology;
• Cancer genetics and epigenetics;
• Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics;
• Toxicogenomics, nutrigenomics, neurogenomics, etc.;
• Technological and analytical developments regarding genomic data;
• Functional genomics.

Dr. Naoyuki Kataoka 
Prof. Dr. Satoshi Kishigami
Guest Editors

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