Plant Molecular Biology

Dear Colleagues,

Plant molecular biology is a complex issue. In living organisms, the molecular level includes essential macromolecules, consisting of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, as well as low-molecular weight compounds, commonly named secondary metabolites and mainly involved in ecological relationships. Integrations between molecular and cell levels are pivotal in the comprehension of biological phenomena: communication with neighboring cells, perception of external stimuli by receptors, signal transduction pathways, transcriptional regulation by transcription factors, protein biosynthesis and post-transductional modifications, epigenetic mechanisms involved in gene expression, and programmed cell death are only some processes in the complex scenario of molecular and cell biology. These levels, in turn, are tightly connected to the higher levels of tissue, organ, organism and ecosystem, and, therefore, molecular biology is a basic science which deserves particular attention due to its unique role of integrating different issues of plant biology.

We invite investigators to submit both original research and review articles that explore all the aspects of plant molecular biology, at gene, protein and metabolite levels.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Plant primary metabolism
• Plant secondary metabolism
• Plant-environment interaction
• Plant-microbe interaction
• Plant-insect interaction
• Chemical ecology
• Plant innate immunity
• Climate change biology
• Water, air and soil pollution
• Fitness costs
• Bioactive phytochemicals

Since the new Section "Molecular Botany" (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/sections/botany) has been set up, all submissions after 1 March 2016 in this Topical Collection will be moved to the section.

Prof. Dr. Marcello Iriti
Dr. Jianhua Zhu
Prof. Dr. Gian-Pietro Di Sansebastiano
Dr. Lam-Son Phan Tran
Dr. Hatem Rouached
Prof. Dr. Dilantha Fernando
Guest Editor

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