Retraction Note: Genome-wide identification and characterization of TALE superfamily genes in cotton reveals their functions in regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis

Retraction Note: BMC Plant Biol 19, 432 (2019)

10.1186/s12870-019-2026-1.

The Editor has retracted this article after concerns were raised about some of the data reported. Specifically, two images appear to have been duplicated in Fig. 7a and e, respectively. The authors were not able to provide raw data following a request by the Editor. The Editor therefore no longer has confidence in the reliability of the results and conclusions presented in this article.

Xianlong Zhang, Shuxun Yu, Qiang Ma and Hengling Wei agree with this retraction. The remaining authors did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this retraction.