Peer 1
I can see neither a direct advantage in the picture manipulations, nor a habit of picture manipulations in your group. So your explanation may be true, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt...
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Peer 2
Yes, I am the corresponding author of this manuscript. After careful review of the Figure 1C and 3, I have to agree with you (Peer 1), I had to search through our old data (considering that this work…
Peer 1
I made a partial mistake concerning figures 1C and 3. They have, however, three lanes in common http://imgur.com/6KoBCtL . Why was the left lane of the here shown mirror image of figure 3 chosen as …
Peer 2
In response to the comment raised by the Peer 1, I have contacted the lead author as well as the author responsible for the data depicted in Figure 1, 2 and 3...