MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Microbiology, the leading primary journal in the microbial sciences, publishes molecular studies of Bacteria, Archaea, eukaryotic microorganisms, and their viruses.Research papers should lead to a deeper understanding of the molecular principles underlying basic physiological processes or mechanisms. Appropriate topics include gene expression and regulation, pathogenicity and virulence, physiology and metabolism, synthesis of macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, polysaccharides, etc), cell biology and subcellular organization, membrane biogenesis and function, traffic and transport, cell-cell communication and signalling pathways, evolution and gene transfer. Articles focused on host responses (cellular or immunological) to pathogens or on microbial ecology should be directed to our sister journals Cellular Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology, respectively.

分子微生物学，在微生物科学的主要期刊，出版细菌，古生菌，真核微生物的分子研究，和他们的病毒。研究论文应该使人们对基本生理过程或机制的分子原理有更深入的了解。适宜的主题包括基因表达与调控、致病性与毒力、生理与代谢、大分子(蛋白质、核酸、脂类、多糖等)的合成、细胞生物学与亚细胞组织、膜生物发生与功能、交通与运输、细胞与细胞的通讯与信号通路、进化与基因转移。有关宿主对病原体的反应(细胞或免疫学)或微生物生态学的文章应分别发表在我们的姐妹期刊《细胞微生物学》和《环境微生物学》上。