Retraction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01224-w, published online 27 October 2017
The authors are retracting this Article after they became aware that Fig. 2g, 3a, 3d, 4b-d, 5a, 5d, and Supplementary Fig. 1a were prepared in an inappropriate manner.
The blot images shown in Fig. 2g, 3a, 3d, 4b, 5a and 5d assess TOR activity and autophagy, and were produced by assembling different sections of the original blot images in a way that did not indicate the splicing and merging of lanes, and in some cases the loading controls shown did not correspond to the correct gels/blots. In addition, background sections of the plant images shown in Fig. 4c-d had been duplicated. Finally, the gel images shown in Supplementary Fig. 1a to confirm plant genotypes contain internal duplications and the original data cannot be found. Subsequent genotyping data has confirmed the genotype of the plants and the authors continue to believe that the data on TOR activity and autophagy are supported. The authors maintain full confidence in the metabolic profiling and transcriptomic data in the paper. Nevertheless, they recognize that the irregularities in image presentation could collectively decrease confidence in the conclusions.
The authors apologise to the scientific community for any confusion caused by these errors. All authors agree to this retraction.
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Dong, Y., Silbermann, M., Speiser, A. et al. Retraction Note: Sulfur availability regulates plant growth via glucose-TOR signaling. Nat Commun 14, 2570 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38298-8
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