Abstract
The authors have requested retraction of the paper noting: ‘We found a mistake for the materials used in this paper. In Fig 5A–C, Fig 6D–E and Fig 7D, WT‐LUC and idm1‐14 were in an rdr6‐11 background, while idap1‐1 and idap2‐1 were in wild type background. RDR6 has a demonstrated role in DNA methylation and transcriptional gene silencing, and the rdr6 mutation could therefore have a profound impact on gene silencing in these experiments. Thus, the observed reduced LUC luminescence in idap1‐1 and idap2‐1 mutants could have resulted from the combined effects of rdr6 and idap1 or idap2 mutations, which might change the main conclusion of this paper. Further experiments will be performed to confirm the phenotypes. All authors concur with this statement and wish to apologize for the inconvenience caused.’
Retraction of: The EMBO Journal DOI 10.15252/embj.201694284 | Published online 28.07.2016