Original article: The EMBO Journal (2011) 30, 524–532. doi:10.1038/emboj.2010.347
It has come to the attention of the editors of the EMBO Journal that data panels in Figure 3a of this article were duplicated in Figure 1d of a subsequent paper by the same authors (PLoS ONE 6: e20362, 2011).
A committee at the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Canada, has formally investigated this duplication. The unpublished report was made available to the editors. It notes that the authors convinced the investigative committee that the EMBO Journal article is genuine; retraction was not recommended. The editors of the EMBO Journal have found no other duplications or image manipulations in this article.
PLoS ONE has issued a formal correction alerting readers to the duplication. The correction includes a figure, which it states should have been included in the PLoS ONE article (http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?inReplyTo=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fannotation%2F45b3e6bc-1065-4357-b215-465176dcc269&root=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fannotation%2F45b3e6bc-1065-4357-b215-465176dcc269).
Bernd Pulverer, Chief Editor
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