Retraction of article: Stable chloroplast transformation of immature scutella and inflorescences in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Dear editor; After receiving the comments from the readers, we checked the results carefully and decided to repeat all the experiments. As the first author has already left the lab, other members are still trying to repeat these experiments. Because it takes a long time to have these experiments redone, we decide to retract our paper entitled “Stable chloroplast transformation of immature scutella and inflorescences in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” by Cuiju Cui, Fei Song, Yi Tan, Xuan Zhou, Wen Zhao, Fengyun Ma, Yunyi Liu, Javeed Hussain, Yuesheng Wang, Guangxiao Yang, and Guangyuan He, published in Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, Volume 43, Number 4, April 18, 2011, pp. 284-291 (DOI: 10.1093/ abbs/gmr008), until all the results are reconfirmed. We would like to thank the readers for their critical comments and we feel sorry to the readers for the inconveniences caused. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin 2012, 44: 373 | a The Author 2012. Published by ABBS Editorial Office in association with Oxford University Press on behalf of the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gms022.