RNA Epigenetics: RNA Modification and Epitranscriptome Analysis—2nd Edition

A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "RNA".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 204

Special Issue Editors

Department of Public Health, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
Interests: RNA modification; bioinformatics; epitranscriptomics; data mining
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College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: RNA acetylation; plant; modified nucleosides

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in this Special Issue, “RNA Epigenetics: RNA Modification and Epitranscriptome Analysis—2nd Edition”.

RNA modifications are essential biological mechanisms that alter the structure and function of RNA molecules, affecting a myriad of vital processes in different species, including animals, plants, and microorganisms. These modifications occur naturally in various types of RNA, such as mRNA, lncRNA, rRNA, tRNA, snRNA, snoRNA, and circRNA, and are crucial in the regulation of RNA activity. In essence, RNA modifications help regulate the stability, localization, and translation of RNA, which are key factors in gene expression. In addition, RNA modifications play a significant role in the onset and progression of various diseases, including cancer. The process of modifying RNA is a highly regulated one, and any disruption or dysregulation in this can lead to disease.

In this Special Issue, we aim to gather articles from all aspects of RNA epitranscriptomics on any life form (e.g., mammal, vertebrate, plant, and virus). Topics for consideration include, but are not limited to, new wet experimental results/biomolecular mechanisms, new computational and experimental combined analysis, novel bioinformatics software/pipelines for analysis epigenetics data, new/updated RNA modification knowledge base, new web-server tools, and review article for publication.

Dr. Bowen Song
Dr. Mingjia Chen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • RNA modification
  • epitranscriptomics
  • RNA editing
  • RNA epigenetics
  • computational biology

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