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Retraction: Site?specific recombination of nitrogen?fixation genes in cyanobacteria by XisF–XisH–XisI complex: Structures and models, William C. Hwang, James W. Golden, Jaime Pascual, Dong Xu, Anton Cheltsov, Adam Godzik

ABSTRACT: The above article from the Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, published online on 1 September 2014 in Wiley Online Library as Accepted Article (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prot.24679/full), has been retracted by agreement between William C. Hwang, James W. Golden, Jaime Pascual, Dong Xu, Anton Cheltsov, Adam Godzik, the Editor?in?Chief, Bertrand E. Garcia?Moreno, and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The retraction has been agreed because submission was made without agreement from co?author Adam Godzik.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5094899 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

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