Nucleic Acids Chemistry: A Special Issue Celebrating the 75th Birthday of Prof. Makoto Komiyama
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2023) | Viewed by 2951
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Z-DNA; Z-RNA; nucleic acid (NA) detection; metabolism of NA; nutrition of NA; structure of NA; NA detection; circular NA
Interests: nucleic acid chemistry; DNA nanotechnology; supramolecular chemistry; molecular machines; molecular robotics; molecular technology
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Interests: nanostructures; self-assembly; molecular interface; sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nucleic acid (NA) chemistry has been well developed and has contributed greatly to the fields of life-science, biotechnology, and gene therapy. Many great discoveries have been closely related to NA chemistry, such as CRISPR-Cas9, NA vaccine, circular RNA, eccDNA, etc. To truly understand these interesting phenomena and develop their new applications, the corresponding chemistry will play a significant role in clarifying the corresponding molecular structures and working mechanisms in the future. Many excellent scientists are taking on these important and laborious tasks for the sake of science and technology, as well as the public. We are looking forward to summarizing the latest research to show the beauty and omnipotent function of nucleic acid molecules. The journal is pleased to announce that this issue is published as an honorary Special Issue in honor of Professor Makoto Komiyama for his outstanding contributions on nucleic acid chemistry on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 2022.
Professor Makoto Komiyama (born in 1947) is a world-famous nucleic acid chemist who is known for using artificial approaches to edit huge genome DNA, chemical modification of DNA and RNA, and DNA nanotechnology. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo in 1975. After spending four years at Northwestern University (Illinois, USA) as a postdoctoral fellow, he became an assistant professor at The University of Tokyo and then an associate professor at the University of Tsukuba. In 1991, he became a professor at The University of Tokyo. After retiring from The University of Tokyo in 2012, he spent four years at the University of Tsukuba, and two years at the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba. From 2016–2020, he worked as a visiting professor in the Ocean University of China.
The journal is pleased to be publishing an honorary Special Issue in honor of Professor Makoto Komiyama for his outstanding contributions on nucleic acid chemistry on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 2022. This Special Issue of Molecules welcomes the submission of original, unpublished manuscripts on studies or reviews on the subject of nucleic acids and their derivatives.
Prof. Dr. Xingguo Liang
Prof. Dr. Akinori Kuzuya
Prof. Dr. Guoqing Wang
Dr. Ran An
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gene therapy
- structure and function
- chemical modification
- biochemistry
- molecular biology
- medicine
- gene expression
- regulation
