Erratum: Silencing by small RNAs is linked to endosomal trafficking

Nature Cell Biol. 11, 1150–1156 (2009); published online 16 August 2009; corrected after print, 11 November 2009

In both in the HTML and PDF versions of this letter, statements regarding the functions of HPS4 and 1 have been altered as follows: on page1150 (right column, second paragraph, line 4 to line 12), the following text has replaced the previous text,

“Its etiology has been related to defects in eight genes, all of which act in endosome pathways that form lysosome-related organelles⁵. In skin melanocytes, a complex of the HPS4 and HPS1 proteins is required for the biogenesis of melanosomes¹². The complex is also required for normal localization of late endocytic organelles¹¹. The presence of SNARE-like domains in HPS4 and HPS1 supports a role for those proteins in the synthesis and trafficking of lysosome-related organelles¹³. The yeast Ccz1 and Mon1 proteins, which possess similar SNARE-like domains, act as a complex to promote tethering of late endosomes for fusion to the vacuole¹⁰.”

On page 1151 (left column, second paragraph, line 1), the following text has replaced the previous text,

“To explore whether HPS4 affects RNAi because of its putative role in endosomal trafficking.”

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“It is in this turnover step that HPS4 functions.”