Editorial Expression of Concern to: Oncogene https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1207775, published online 21 June 2004

The Editors-in-Chief are issuing an editorial expression of concern to alert readers that overlap has been noted between the actin bands of figures 2A and 4B. Due to the age of the article the authors have been unable to provide the original data.

Hiromichi Ito, Michael J Zinner, Stanley W Ashley and Edward E Whang agree to this editorial expression of concern. Mark S Duxbury has not explicitly stated whether they agree to this editorial expression of concern. The editors were not able to obtain a current email address for Eric Benoit.