Editorial Expression of Concern to: Oncogene https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1203654, published online 05 July 2000

The Editor-in-Chief is issuing an editorial expression of concern to alert readers that after the publication of this article, it was brought to the attention of the publisher of apparent duplication and editing in figures 1A and 4A. Due to the time elapsed since publication, the authors could not provide the original images upon request. Readers are urged to take caution when interpreting the content and conclusions of this article.

Author Timothy C. Thompson disagrees with this Editorial Expression of Concern. Author Randal N. Johnston agrees with this Editorial Expression of Concern. Authors Chengzhen Ren, Salahaldin Tahir, and Terry L Timme could not be contacted by the publisher. Authors Alexei Goltsov, Likun Li, and Jianxiang Wang did not respond to correspondence from the publisher regarding this Editorial Expression of Concern.