Computational Methods and Tools for Epitranscriptome

Dear Colleagues,

Over 100 types of chemical modifications (e.g., m6A) have been identified in non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and protein-coding genes. These RNA modifications are functionally significant and play important roles in developmental, physiological, and pathological processes. Recent advances in high-throughput next-generation epitranscriptome sequencing technologies have identified thousands of modification sites of RNA molecules at unprecedented sensitivity and depth and provided new biological insight into the complex gene regulatory mechanisms of epitranscriptomic codes. The availability of large epitranscriptome sequencing data for various RNA modification types has stimulated the need to develop novel computational methods and tools for exploring the prevalence, mechanism, and function of modifications, and finally to link these epitranscriptomic codes to a variety of diseases, such as cancer, metabolic disorders, and neurological diseases.

This Special Issue of Non-Coding RNA will be devoted to original papers and reviews on computational methods, tools, and databases for RNA epigenetics or ncRNA research. This Issue emphasizes various types of RNA modification types or ncRNAs. The scope of this Special Issue includes but is not limited to the following subjects:

(1) Novel computational methods, tools, or databases of RNA modifications or ncRNAs;

(2) New software or pipelines for identifying RNA modification sites or ncRNAs from RNA-seq data or genomic sequences;

(3) Predicting the interactions between RNA-Binding Proteins (RBPs) and modications/ncRNAs;

(4) Computational analysis of RNA modifications in ncRNAs;

(5) Predicting the targets and functions of RNA Modifying Proteins (RMPs);

(6) Decoding the relationships between RNA modification and RNA structurome;

(7) Computational identification of disease-related RNA modifications and ncRNAs;

(8) Computational methods or tools for discovering the writers, readers, and erasers of various types of RNA modification types;

(9) Predicting functions and signaling pathways influenced by RNA modifications or ncRNAs.

Prof. Dr. Jian-Hua Yang
Dr. Xiao-Qin Zhang
Guest Editors

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