The article ‘LaSota fusion (F) cleavage motif-mediated fusion activity is affected by other regions of the F protein from different genotype Newcastle disease virus in a chimeric virus: implication for virulence attenuation’ which was published in Journal of General Virology in June 2016 has been retracted. This follows formal findings of research misconduct from the Office of Research Integrity (ORI).
In Fig. 1b, the microscope field representing representing the cytopathic effect of rLaSota virus infection with allantoic fluid in DF1 cells was also used in Fig. 1b to represent the cytopathic effect of rBC/AKO-F virus infection with allantoic fluid in DF1 cells. Additionally, the microscope field representing the cytopathic effect of rBC/Las-Fc-AKO-F virus infection without allantoic fluid in DF1 cells (Fig. 1b) was used in a presentation to represent the cytopathic effect of rBan 010 Las Fc virus and rBan 010 Las Fc/D403N virus. The microscope field in Fig. 1b representing the cytopathic effect of rLaSota virus infection without allantoic fluid in DF1 cells, also was used in a presentation to represent the cytopathic effect of rAPMV-2/BC F virus. Furthermore, the microscope field in Fig. 1b that was used for representing the cytopathic effect of rBC/Las-Fc virus infection without allantoic fluid in DF1 cells, also was used in a presentation to represent the cytopathic effect of mock infected sample.