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Retraction: Dominant Negative Mutants of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Toxin Function as Anti-Toxins: Demonstration of the Role of Oligomerization in Toxicity
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TopicsInsect Resistance and Genetics · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Transgenic Plants and Applications
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In light of the above concerns that question the reliability and integrity of the reported results and conclusions, the PLOS One Editors retract this article [1,2].
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- 1Rodríguez-Almazán C, Zavala LE, Muñoz-Garay C, Jiménez-Juárez N, Pacheco S, Masson L, et al. RETRACTED: Dominant negative mutants of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry 1Ab toxin function as anti-toxins: demonstration of the role of oligomerization in toxicity. P Lo S One. 2009;4(5):e 5545. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005545 19440244 PMC 2678262 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗
- 2Rodríguez-Almazán C, Zavala LE, Muñoz-Garay C, Jiménez-Juárez N, Pacheco S, Masson L, et al. Correction: Dominant negative mutants of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry 1Ab toxin function as anti-toxins: demonstration of the role of oligomerization in toxicity. P Lo S One. 2013;4(5):e 5545. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005545 19440244 PMC 2678262 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗