Feature Papers in Biomolecular Crystals in 2022-2023
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomolecular Crystals".
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Crystals (ISSN: 2073-4352) is pleased to announce the launch of a Special Issue titled “Feature Papers in Biomolecular Crystallography in 2022–2023”.
The Biomolecular Crystallography section facilitates the quick publication of high-quality papers in the field of biomolecular crystals, covering the crystallization, crystallographic research, conventional and nonconventional methods of crystal growth, and the characterization of crystals and crystalline samples.
The scope of this section includes classical methods of structural studies such as X-ray diffraction (single and crystalline powder) and cutting-edge methods such as cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM), as well as those related to the diffraction of electrons, neutrons, and free-electron lasers (XFEL).
We encourage the submission of research articles, reviews, letters, and communications concerning all aspects related to biomolecular crystals from small-molecular-weight biocrystals to biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and membrane proteins).
The topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel methods for the crystallization of biomolecules;
- Crystal growth and the design of techniques for the crystallization of biocrystals and biological macromolecules;
- Biomolecular crystallography;
- Crystallization in vivo for applications in X-ray crystallography;
- Single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction;
- Crystallo-chemistry and crystallo-physics;
- Characterization of biomolecular crystals via X-ray, electron, and neutron diffraction studies;
- Nanocrystals production for XFELs and MicroED studies and their 3D characterization;
- Crystallization under special and physical environments;
- Biomineralization in living organisms.
As a member of the Editorial Board for the Biomolecular Crystallography section and having served as Guest Editor for the Special Issue on Nucleic Acid Crystallography, I accepted the invitation to serve as the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, for which I invite my colleagues and other structural biologists to publish their relevant research in.
Prof. Dr. Blaine Mooers
Prof. Dr. Jolanta Prywer
Guest Editors
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