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Failure to detect DNA-guided genome editing using Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute

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  • 02 August 2017

    The Article 'DNA-guided genome editing using the Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute' by F. Gao et al. (Nature Biotechnology, 34, 768-773, 2016) on which this Correspondence is based was retracted by the authors on 2 August 2017.

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We thank all members of our laboratories who made valuable contributions in trying to establish NgAgo-based genome editing. This work was supported by grants from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF-01EO0803 to T.C.), American Heart Association (16PRE30470004 to H.A.), the National Institutes of Health (GM63904 to S.C.E.), the Mayo Foundation (to H.A., S.N., Z.L., and S.C.E.), and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS-R021-D1 to J.-S.K.).

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  1. Seung Hwan Lee, Giandomenico Turchiano and Hirotaka Ata: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Center for Genome Engineering, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, South Korea

    Seung Hwan Lee, Seuk-Min Ryu & Jin-Soo Kim

  2. Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Giandomenico Turchiano, Marianna Romito & Toni Cathomen

  3. Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Giandomenico Turchiano, Marianna Romito & Toni Cathomen

  4. Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Hirotaka Ata & Somaira Nowsheen

  5. Graduate School, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Marianna Romito

  6. Division of Oncology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Zhenkun Lou

  7. Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

    Seuk-Min Ryu & Jin-Soo Kim

  8. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Stephen C Ekker

  9. Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Toni Cathomen

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S.C.E. is a co-founder of Lifengine Technologies, Inc.; T.C. is a consultant for TRACR Hematology; J.-S.K. is a co-founder and shareholder of ToolGen, Inc.

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Lee, S., Turchiano, G., Ata, H. et al. Failure to detect DNA-guided genome editing using Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute. Nat Biotechnol 35, 17–18 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3753

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