Special Issue "Small Non-coding RNAs in Virus-Host Interaction"

A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021).

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pascal Miesen
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Guest Editor
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Interests: innate immunity in insects; arboviruses, vector mosquitoes; Aedes aegypti; small RNAs; piRNAs; RNA interference; RNA binding proteins; vector competence; virus transmission
Dr. Erika Girardi
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Guest Editor
CNRS-UPR9002 «RNA architecture and reactivity», University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Interests: virology; animal viruses; virus–host interaction; RNA biology, small RNAs; antiviral RNAi; innate immunity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Small non-coding RNAs are involved in the regulation of virtually all cellular processes, including the response to pathogens. Various types of small RNAs (sRNAs) have been associated with virus–host interactions in several animal species, both vertebrates and invertebrates. Such sRNAs are either directly produced from viral sequences or are encoded in the host genome, and they serve as direct antiviral mechanism, as well as a strategy to modulate host immune responses.

This Special Issue seeks all types of manuscripts (e.g., reviews, research articles, and short communications) on the diverse modes of viral sRNA biogenesis and function, as well as antiviral or proviral functions of cellular regulatory sRNAs implicated in virus–animal host interactions. Topics may include, but are not restricted to, the following: argonaute-associated small RNAs, including microRNAs, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), as well as other classes of regulatory small non-coding RNAs such as tRNA fragments or subgenomic flavivirus RNAs (sfRNA). The role of cellular and viral RNA binding proteins (RBPs) as modulators of the antiviral innate immunity will also be considered.

Dr. Pascal Miesen
Dr. Erika Girardi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Viruses is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • small non-coding RNAs
  • Argonaute protein
  • microRNA
  • siRNA
  • piRNA
  • tRNA fragments
  • subgenomic flavivirus RNA
  • RNA interference and suppression hereof
  • post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
  • small RNA binding proteins

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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