Contributions of Promoters to the Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Processes of Insects
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 7495
Special Issue Editor
Interests: insect biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular engineering; peptide hormones; biological control of insects; JH and ecdysone biosynthesis; insect receptors; vitellogenesis; starch and glycogen biosynthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Promoters are regulatory highly conserved DNA sequences that control gene expressions in bacteria and eukaryotes. In insects, promoters control diverse physiological events that are important for the development and function of insects from Malpighian tubules to salivary glands, hemolymph production to immunity, egg yolk and hormonal production. Many promoters have been used to genetically engineer insects to control disease vectors and agricultural pest insects. In this context, it is necessary to publish a comprehensive collection of research that addresses these issues, and thus we encourage the submission of original papers as well as review articles on the “Contributions of Promoters to the Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Processes of Insects”.
We welcome manuscripts from national and international colleagues related to updated, novel approaches and new results on the subject. We invite manuscripts that cover insect promoters dealing with all biological events in insects, including the use of insect promoters in genetic engineering to control agricultural pests and vector-transmitting insects. The manuscripts have a limit of 11,000 words, including figures. Reviews should be limited to the discussion of single promoters, rather than the whole field of insect promoters.
Prof. Dr. Dov Borovsky
Guest Editor
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