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RETRACTION

Borrelia burgdorferi ftsZ Plays a Role in Cell Division

Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595

Volume 188, no. 5, p. 1969-1978, 2006: The primer sequence of AftsZ in Table 1 will result in a DNA product that encodes a missense RNA rather than an antisense ftsZ RNA as stated in the paper. This critical error negates one of the major conclusions of the article, namely that the expressed antisense ftsZ RNA specifically inhibited levels of ftsZ mRNA and resulted in Borrelia burgdorferi cells with a filamentous phenotype. We are now exploring whether the induction of this missense ftsZ RNA results in specific abolition of FtsZ production or whether the filamentous phenotype is the result of nonspecific phenomena.

We have also discovered that the control panels in Fig. 4A and B and 6A contain incorrect photomicrographs. The correct photomicrographs exist and are available at http://www.nymc.edu/fcabello/RetractionJBact. The conclusions based on the experiments are not affected by these errors.

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