Viruses are convenient models for the elucidation of life processes. The study of viruses is again on the cutting edge of biological sciences: systems biology, genomics, proteomics, metagenomics, using the newest most powerful tools.
Huge amounts of new details on virus interactions with the cell, other pathogens and the hosts – animal (including human), insect, fungal, plant, bacterial, and archaeal - and their role in infection and disease are forthcoming in perplexing details requiring analysis and comments.
Virus Genes is dedicated to the publication of studies on the structure and function of viruses and their genes, the molecular and systems interactions with the host and all applications derived thereof, providing a forum for the analysis of data and discussion of its implications, and the development of new hypotheses.
VIRUS GENES publishes
studies on analysis of virus genes, gene products and functions, regulation of virus gene function, cell biology of virus infection
functional studies of genes and gene families, encoded by eukaryotic, prokaryotic and archaeal viruses, viroids, as well as unconventional and novel infectious agents
phylogenetic and evolutionary data from all virus genera and families
systems biology of virus-host interactions
next generation sequencing of complex infectious samples for genomic, transcriptomic, and metagenomic studies
studies on antivirals affecting specific virus or host gene functions
VIRUS GENES does NOT publish purely descriptive studies, e.g., primary sequence data of known viruses based on local sample collections.
Papers are organized as
Original work (Full papers)
Short reports
(Mini-)Reviews
Correspondence (letters to editor)
Editorials
Manuscripts with Original work, Short reports, and (Mini-)Reviews undergo a peer review process. Correspondence and Editorials are published at the discretion of the editors.