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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)
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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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Chou TC, Moyle RL. Synthetic versions of firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase reporter genes that resist transgene silencing in sugarcane. BMC Plant Biol. 2014;14:92.
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Jackson MA, Sternes PR, Mudge SR, Graham MW, Birch RG. Design rules for efficient transgene expression in plants. Plant Biotech J. 2014;12:925–33.
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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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