title: RETRACTED: Ambient UV-B exposure reduces the binding of ofloxacin with bacterial DNA gyrase and induces DNA damage mediated apoptosis.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).
  This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
  The study is retracted due to image duplication reasons:
  The article contains an image that had already appeared in Free Radic Res, 48.3 (2014): 333–346. DOI 10.3109/10715762.2013.869324. The images are used in both papers but to conclude something entirely different, and suggested that the images have an entirely different biological meaning and treatment. Duplicating images in this way is ethically not acceptable.
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IITR Campus, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Pineal Research Lab., Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Syed Faiz
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Mujtaba
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Centre, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Krishna P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Manish Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IITR Campus, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ajeet K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastav
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Centre, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Department of Systems Biology& Bioinformatics, University of Rostock, Rostock 1805, Germany.
authors.forename: Shailendra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Pineal Research Lab., Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Chandana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haldar
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessments Group CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), MG Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IITR Campus, Lucknow, India. Electronic address: rsray@iitr.res.in.
authors.forename: Ratan Singh
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000528:radiation effects; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000528:radiation effects; D027081:DNA Gyrase / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015242:Ofloxacin; D027081:DNA Gyrase
keywords: Apoptosis; DNA damage; DNA gyrase; OFLX; UV-B