The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) are issuing this Expression of Concern regarding the following publication:
James MK, Ray A, Leznova D, Blain SW. 2008. Differential modification of p27Kip1 controls its cyclin D-cdk4 inhibitory activity. Mol Cell Biol 28:498–510. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.02171-06.
Molecular and Cellular Biology was notified that the above-mentioned paper was investigated by the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and that potential image duplications were found in Fig. 3A and 6B.
This Expression of Concern is issued pending the outcome of ongoing litigation between SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and the corresponding author of the paper, Stacy Blain, in the United States. District Court of the Eastern District of New York.