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. 2019 Jun 17;38(12):e102435. doi: 10.15252/embj.2019102435

Retraction: “CITRX thioredoxin interacts with the tomato Cf‐9 resistance protein and negatively regulates defence”

Susana Rivas, Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso, Matthew Smoker, Leif Schauser, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Jonathan DG Jones
PMCID: PMC6576161  PMID: 31310343

The authors regret to announce they would like to withdraw this paper, for two main reasons:

Since the paper was published, it has become clear that the thioredoxin that interacts in yeast 2‐hybrid with the Cf‐9 C‐terminus is in fact localized in the chloroplast, rendering a role in Cf‐9 signalling unlikely.

Close scrutiny of the figures suggests several duplications.

  • In Fig 3A, the Anti‐MBP band in lane 4 closely resembles the antiMBP band in Fig 3B lane 1, though slightly rotated.

  • In Fig 6A, the leaf disc in the panel labelled TRV:00, −Avr9, 30 min looks identical to the leaf disc in Fig S5, panel labelled Cf2 TRV:CITRX, −Avr2, 1 h.

  • In Fig 6C, multiple bands appear duplicated. For example, GlucA, TRV:00, −Avr9, 0 h duplicated with 6 h; and GlucB, TRV:00, +Avr9, 0 h duplicated with Hin1, TRV:00, +Avr9, 0 h.

Source data for these figures are not available.

All the authors agree that this paper should be withdrawn from the scientific literature.

Retraction of: The EMBO Journal (2004) 23: 2156–2165. DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600224 | Published online 6 May 2004


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