Genetics of Marine Organisms Associated with Human Health 2nd Edition
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3771
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochemistry; genetic diversity and biodiversity; molecular biology; metagenomi; biosynthetic
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biochemistry; genetic diversity and biodiversity; molecular biology; metagenomi; biosynthetic
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine habitats harbour a large variety of organisms that impact human health. They belong to diverse taxa; from bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes to fungi, animals, plants, and form complex marine communities. Some of these organisms are a source of natural products with potential or actual medical applications, others are toxic and harmful to humans, while some are used in biomedical research to help understand the molecular basis of human diseases. Molecular genetics and genomic methods offer powerful and ever more indispensable tools for studying marine organisms and all the aspects of their influence on human health.
We would like this Special Issue to focus on all types of genetic research of marine organisms involved in human health, and to provide a link with the more traditional research of marine natural products. Specifically, we are inviting original research and review articles in the following areas:
- Genetic biodiversity studies of species or groups of organisms linked with human health, especially in the context of search for novel bioactive compounds.
- Characterisation of genes involved in biosynthetic pathways of marine natural products.
- Basic molecular genetic or genomic research of marine organisms involved in human health.
- Origins, properties, and interactions of genes and proteins from marine organisms whose homologues are associated with human diseases.
- Genes and genomes of marine organisms used in biomedical research.
Dr. Matija Harcet
Dr. Helena Ćetković
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- biosynthetic pathway genes
- molecular genetics and genomics
- disease-related genes
- models for biomedical research
- metagenomics
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