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Retraction

Retraction: A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate

  • Lianwei Peng,
  • Yoichiro Fukao,
  • Fumiyoshi Myouga,
  • Reiko Motohashi,
  • Kazuo Shinozaki,
  • Toshiharu Shikanai

Correction

2 Dec 2022: The PLOS Biology Editors (2022) Correction: Retraction: A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate. PLOS Biology 20(12): e3001925. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001925 View correction

Following the publication of this article and the Expression of Concern notice [1,2], the Kyoto University conducted an investigation into the concerns raised and found that some of the errors with figures presented in this article were the result of fraudulent image manipulation [3]. In light of the institutional findings of misconduct, the corresponding author requested the retraction of this article.

All authors agreed with the retraction. LP, YF, FM, RM, and TS stand by the article’s findings. LS and TS apologise for the issues with the published article.

References

  1. 1. Peng L, Fukao Y, Myouga F, Motohashi R, Shinozaki K, Shikanai T (2011) A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate. PLoS Biol 9(4): e1001040. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001040 pmid:21483722
  2. 2. The PLOS Biology Editors (2020) Expression of concern: A chaperonin subunit with unique structures is essential for folding of a specific substrate. PLoS Biol 18(10): e3000972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000972 pmid:33079937
  3. 3. https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news/2022-06-24

    Citation: Peng L, Fukao Y, Myouga F, Motohashi R, Shinozaki K, Shikanai T (2022) Retraction: A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate. PLoS Biol 20(11): e3001883. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001883

    Published: November 4, 2022

    Copyright: © 2022 Peng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.