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Expression of concern: Synthetic versions of firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase reporter genes that resist transgene silencing in sugarcane

BMC Plant Biology volume 15, Article number: 293 (2015) Cite this article

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Expression of concern

The publishers of this journal are publishing this Expression of Concern because attribution for the synthesis and design of the luc* and Renluc* coding sequences in this article [1] is under dispute.

The correct table and description of the method set out in Table S1 can be found in this article [2].

The University of Queensland advises that there has been no academic misconduct but the wording of any erratum remains under dispute.

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  1. The authors of this Expression of Concern are members of The Research Integrity Group at BioMed Central. BioMed Central, 236 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, UK

    Jigisha Patel & Maria Kowalczuk

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Patel, J., Kowalczuk, M. Expression of concern: Synthetic versions of firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase reporter genes that resist transgene silencing in sugarcane. BMC Plant Biol 15, 293 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-015-0671-6

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