Retracted Manuscript

Abstract

This manuscript is being retracted at the authors’ request.Herewith we retract our Feature in Cell Cycle (Cell Cycle 2009; 8:1464-5) entitled “Arginine methylation in interferon signaling: New light on an old story” by Weber and Bauer. In this Feature, we discussed our data published in Genes & Development, “PRMT1-mediated arginine methylation of PIAS1 regulates STAT1 signaling” by Weber et al. (Genes Dev 2009; 23:118-132). In the process of following up the findings of the Genes & Development publication, researchers in the group of the corresponding author (U.M.B.) recently discovered that the original experimental data points of a subset of quantitative PCR results were intentionally falsified by the first author (S.W.). As a consequence of these manipulations, we could not maintain central conclusions drawn in the Genes & Development publication and retracted the article. Under these circumstances, we wish to also retract the Cell Cycle Feature, as it comments on results that are now questionable. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this publication might have caused.Susanne WeberUta-Maria Bauer