We, the Editor and Publisher of Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics have retracted the following article:
Aman Chandra Kaushik, Aamir Mehmood, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Ajay Kumar, Xiaofeng Dai & Dong-Qing Wei, Protein blueprint and their interactions while approachability struggle for amino acids, Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics (2020) Online early article. DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1713894
The above article has been retracted as, subsequent to publication, a significant overlap has been found in content with the following preprint:
F. Nerattini, L. Tubiana, C. Cardelli, V. Bianco, C. Dellago, and I. Coluzza, Protein design under competition for amino acids availability. Posted May 25, 2018. DOI: 10.1101/331736: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/331736v1.full.pdf
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.