[Corrigendum] Human cytomegalovirus RL13 protein interacts with host NUDT14 protein affecting viral DNA replication

Following the publication of the above article, a concerned author drew to the Editor's attention that there appeared to be splicing events (and breaks in the continuity) of certain of the gels shown for the GST‑pulldown experiments in Fig. 1 on p. 2170, and the co‑immunoprecipitation experiments shown in Fig. 2 on p. 2171. After assessing their data, the authors have responded to the office to explain that they integrated data from repeated analyses into these figures, rather than the data all being generated from the same experiments. The authors also presented all their original data to the Editorial Office for our perusal, and wished to point out that the data in question were only intended to show qualitative results, and did not form part of the main analysis of the study; nor did the results from these experiments have a major impact on the reported conclusions. After volunteering to repeat these experiments, the authors were given authorization to do so by the Editor, and the revised versions of Figs. 1 and 2 (with revised figure legends) are shown opposite. The revised figures have both resolved the presentational difficulties associated with the original figures, and confirmed the original findings as presented in the published paper. All the authors approve of the publication of this corrigendum, and are grateful to the Editor of Molecular Medicine Reports for allowing them the opportunity to publish this; furthermore, they apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [Molecular Medicine Reports 13: 2167-2174, 2016; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.4778].