Retraction for “Nanospherical arabinogalactan proteins are a key component of the high-strength adhesive secreted by English ivy,” by Yujian Huang, Yongzhong Wang, Li Tan, Leming Sun, Jennifer Petrosino, Mei-Zhen Cui, Feng Hao, and Mingjun Zhang, which was first published May 23, 2016, 10.1073/pnas.1600406113 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 113, E3193–E3202).
The undersigned authors note that, “We are retracting this paper due to data integrity issues in Fig. 3 and SI Appendix, Fig. S4A. We sincerely regret and apologize for any inconvenience and are grateful to the editors as well as the scientific community for their understanding.”
The editors note that these concerns were originally identified through an investigation by The Ohio State University.
—Yujian Huang and Jennifer Petrosino