Retraction Notice to: Enhanced Polyubiquitination of Shank3 and NMDA Receptor in a Mouse Model of Autism
Author(s) -
Muhammad Bangash,
Joo Min Park,
Tatiana Melnikova,
Dehua Wang,
Soo Kyeong Jeon,
Deidre Lee,
Sbaa Syeda,
Juno Kim,
Mehreen Kouser,
Joshua L. Schwartz,
Yiyuan Cui,
Xia Zhao,
Haley E. Speed,
Sara E. Kee,
Jian Cheng Tu,
Jiahua Hu,
Ronald S. Petralia,
David J. Linden,
Craig M. Powell,
Alena Savonenko,
Bo Xiao,
Paul F. Worley
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.039
Subject(s) - ubiquitin , biology , nmda receptor , notice , blot , western blot , receptor , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , gene , political science , law
Our paper reported an analysis of a mouse genetic model that deletes the C terminus of Shank3 to mimic human mutations that cause autism spectrum disorder. Figure panels for several polyubiquitination assays were improperly assembled, leading to multiple repetitions of bands in western blots of the lysates. These errors did not affect the quantitative analysis of polyubiquitination because this analysis was performed as described and was not dependent on representative western blot images. In light of the figure preparation issues, we feel that the most responsible course of action is to retract the paper. We sincerely apologize to the scientific community for any misunderstanding that these errors may have caused.
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