Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Biology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites articles that cover recent advances in plant molecular biology, including but not limited to original research using new methodologies and technologies for understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of plant growth and development, response to environmental stresses, and host–microbe interactions.

In recent years, rapid advances in the engineering of advanced microscopy, sequencing technologies, and analysis of molecular masses and structures expand our understanding of plant molecular biology significantly from the subcellular to the inter-organism level. For example, advances to read longer DNA sequences allowed us to define the highly duplicated genomic distribution in crop species. In addition, the freedom to select a variety of fluorescent proteins not only allows us to visualize multiple proteins of interest in a single cell but also helps us understand the dynamics of target proteins in spatiotemporal regulation under various circumstances. Lastly, new molecular cloning methods that were recently utilized for synthetic biology provide the freedom to edit genetic information for improving crops' biological performances in response to fluctuating environments. 

There are many more advances in plant molecular biology that are the outcomes of employing modern technologies. This Special Issue aims to introduce the technical applications for improving current knowledge in plant molecular biological fields and enlarging the other plant biological fields' perspective to apply the experimental techniques to their research.            

Original research articles, reviews on recent advances and relevant trends, perspectives, and short communications related to the topics will be considered for this Special Issue.

Dr. Eunsook Park
Guest Editor

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• fluorescent proteins
• plant cells, organelles
• membrane compartments
• bio sensors
• image analysis
• proteomics
• genomics
• chemical screening
• biotic stress
• abiotic stress
• synthetic biology
• plant pathogens
• plant immunity
• hormones
• bioassays
• spatio-temopral measurement
• live cell imaging