Aims and scope

Plant Molecular Biology is an international journal dedicated to rapid publication of original research in all areas of plant biology. Coverage includes research addressing biological questions of broad interest, using approaches in comparative genomics, functional genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biochemical and regulatory networks, and biotechnology. Preference is given to research providing new insights that advance our understanding of structure, function, mechanisms, or regulation in plants.
While the journal encourages research works in plant functional genomics, computational approaches, and bioinformatics, gene discovery studies must be accompanied by new biological, biochemical, or mechanistic information. By extension, manuscripts reporting the cloning of new genes without functional information obtained from biochemical assays, genetic analysis, or other appropriate experimental approaches will not be considered and returned without review.
Reports on genes whose function has already been analyzed in other plant systems will be considered only if the research significantly advances our understanding of their biological function and regulation. Supporting results from DNA, RNA and protein blots, or limited in situ analysis experiments, are not sufficient documentation for gene function or regulation.
Manuscripts reporting new experimental techniques, construction of DNA libraries, mutant collections, phylogenetic analysis, or computational methods will be considered if they provide important new information or significant resources to the plant community.