Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms and Regulatory Networks Behind Plant Metabolism
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 532
Special Issue Editors
Interests: research and application of ornamental medicinal plants
Interests: medicinal plants; medicinal quality; carbohydrate metabolism; biosynthetic pathways
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolism, both inorganic and organic, is the foundation of plant growth and development. The various metabolic processes of plants form a three-dimensional network, which includes regulatory modes existing in metabolic pathways, such as the formation of metabolic pathways, as well as multi-gene and multi-level regulatory networks at the transcriptome and even epigenetic levels. In addition, in multicellular individuals of higher plants, the metabolism and regulatory networks of different cell types, tissues, and organs at different developmental stages form the overall network, which is regulated by and responds to the external environment. The construction of plant metabolic regulatory networks involves multiple factors, including gene expression, metabolite distribution, and external environmental factors. In the metabolic regulatory network, signal transduction is very important. Plants regulate metabolic processes through exogenous and endogenous signals to meet the needs of environmental adaptation and growth and development. By utilizing modern molecular biology and various omics technologies, analyzing and understanding the plant metabolic network and molecular mechanism will help us gain a deeper understanding of the life processes of plants and their adaptability to the environment. It will also facilitate the targeted modification of plant metabolic pathways through genetic engineering methods to obtain the desired target compounds.
This Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Exploring new genetic resources;
- Metabolic pathway analysis;
- Biosynthesis;
- Transcriptional regulation.
Dr. Yijun Fan
Dr. Aoxue Luo
Dr. Beibei Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gene expression
- gene function
- metabolic pathways
- transcription factors
- multi-omics
- biosynthesis
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