Molecular Biology and Applied Microbiology
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Life Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 2718
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetry addresses unique aspects of symmetry in molecular biology, including microbiology and pharmacy studies. Symmetry can be defined as the balanced and repetitive arrangement of an organism's components or shapes around a central direction or axis, and it can be external or internal. External symmetry is present in animals, plants, fungi, viruses and bacteria and can be easily seen by simply looking at a plant or animal (microscopically in the case of viruses and bacteria). For example, the spectacular small emperor moth Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) shows a frightening feature with bilateral symmetry on its wings. Internal symmetry presents features that can also show high levels of organization and symmetry. For example, the blood vessels in human/animal bodies show internal symmetry or viral protein arrangement within the virus body. In addition, symmetry in biology can be understood as a special form of mathematical transformation. This includes movements such as translation and rotation. There are different types of symmetry in biology, such as bilateral, radial, spherical and icosahedral. Biological targets, such as certain components within human cells or receptors on cellular membranes, have been found to display perfect and symmetrical geometry. These cellular components can be targets for various antiretroviral therapy drugs and combinations of them. These drugs, molecules and peptides also occur in different dimensions and shapes, where their symmetry is demonstrated through advanced crystallography models. Symmetry in biology is an ongoing, evolving process and it occurs in different shapes and dimensions, including time. Symmetry can be disrupted. Asymmetries in biology, molecular biology and pharmacy have their origin in the perturbation of balanced arrangements, which occurs during the development of organisms. These processes are a consequence of dynamic cellular movements, reactions and molecular interactions within the cells or on the cellular surfaces. They are the result of the permanent absence of or deviation from the regular patterns of similar components within the organisms relative to a specific direction, axis or plane in space and time.
Prof. Olga S. Latinovic
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- symmetry and asymmetry in biology
- HIV entry inhibitors
- CCR5-targeting drugs
- HIV AIDS
- HIV infection
- molecular biology
- microbiology
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