RETRACTED: MZF1 regulates α-globin gene transcription via long-range interactions in erythroid differentiation

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). The article has been retracted at the request of the editor. The journal was informed by Dr Xiangmin Xu and Dr Yongzhong Zhao that they were not involved in the study or research and that the article was submitted without their knowledge. As such this article represents a misuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process. All authors were informed of the article retraction however Dr Li and Dr Zeng did not respond to the enquiries.

Keywords: Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay; Chromosome conformation capture assay; Erythroid differentiation; Long-range interactions; Multi-omics integration; α-Globin gene regulation.