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Molecular Biology

Molecular biology is the study of the structure, function, and interactions of the macromolecules that carry out the fundamental processes of life, principally nucleic acids and proteins, and of the flow of genetic information from DNA through RNA to protein. It draws on biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology and …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 49× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Molecular biology is the study of the structure, function, and interactions of the macromolecules that carry out the fundamental processes of life, principally nucleic acids and proteins, and of the flow of genetic information from DNA through RNA to protein. It draws on biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology and supplies the experimental tools used to analyse genes, transcripts, and gene products. Central techniques include genomic and proteomic profiling, sequencing and the synthesis of nucleic acid libraries, gene-expression and mutation analysis, and mass spectrometry, which together allow researchers to characterise normal cellular processes and the molecular changes that drive disease. These approaches reveal the regulatory roles of newly recognised molecules such as circular RNAs and RNA-binding proteins, define the genetic and molecular features of tumours and inherited disorders, and identify somatic mutations and signalling alterations in cancer. Molecular biology underpins a wide range of biomedical applications, from diagnostics and biomarker discovery to personalised medicine, drug development, and microbial strain identification, and it extends to food safety and evolutionary questions. Research in this field connects molecular mechanism to physiology and pathology, providing the conceptual and methodological foundation for much of contemporary life science.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

Template Independent Synthesis of Nucleic Acid Libraries

D. Bhilare KiranCorresponding author
Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology (Biotechnology), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab, India
Exact topic DNA And RNA Research Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-7881.jdrr-17-1749
2018

Emerging Roles of Plant Circular RNAs

Zhu Qian-HaoCorresponding author
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Exact topic Plant Cell Development Cited by 43 doi:10.14302/issn.2832-5311.jpcd-18-1955
2015

Newly-Detected Solitary Bony Lytic/Sclerotic Lesion with Soft Tissue Mass in a Previously Treated Case of High-Risk Medulloblastoma: Importance of Contemporary Pathology Techniques to Differentiate Second Malignant Neoplasm from Extra-Neuraxial Metastasis 

Gupta TejpalCorresponding author
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai: 400 012, INDIA
Exact topic Brain And Spinal Cancer Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2576-182X.jbsc-14-576

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 49 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Molecular Biology, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Steroids.

Journal editorial board
Rosario Barone · Italy Haewon Byeon · South Korea Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi · Australia

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