Errata

Genome Research 18(1): v (2008)

Cover caption

The correct spelling of the cover illustrator’s name is Darryl Leja. We apologize for any confusion this misspelling might have caused.

Genome Research 18: 233–241 (2008)

Genome-wide analysis reveals regulatory role of G4 DNA in gene transcription

Zhuo Du, Yiqiang Zhao, and Ning Li

The authors inadvertently provided the wrong information for the interplays between G4 DNA, BGP1, and expression of the chicken beta-globin gene in the introduction and Discussion section of the paper.

In the second paragraph of the introduction, the penultimate sentence should read: “For example, biochemical and biophysical analyses have indicated that the formation of G4 DNA in the regulatory region of the human insulin gene activates transcription through the binding of a G4 DNA-specific protein (Kennedy and Rutter 1992; Catasti et al. 1996; Lew et al. 2000; Dexheimer et al. 2006).”

Similarly, in the Discussion section, the last sentence of the third paragraph in the first column on page 239 should read: “At the same time, as there are some transcription factors such as MAZ (also known as Pur-1) (Kennedy and Rutter 1992; Catasti et al. 1996; Lew et al. 2000; Dexheimer et al. 2006) that can activate gene expression through recognition and binding of G4 DNA motifs formed in the regulatory region, some ubiquitous regulatory proteins may also be involved in and contribute to the mechanisms of G4 DNA-mediated transcriptional activation.”

In addition, in Table 2, the significance in post hoc comparisons between genes without PG4M_D500 and genes containing one PG4M_D500 should have been presented as “0–1,” instead of “0–01.”

These corrections do not affect the findings or conclusions of the article. The authors apologize for any inconvenience and confusion these errors may have caused.