TABLE 1.

Quantitative analysis of localization patterns of competent proteins

Strain	No. of cells	Fluorescent cells (% of cells)	% of fluorescent cells with:
			1 focus		2 foci			3 focia		4 foci	>4 foci
			At the pole	In the cellb	Both at the pole	1 at the pole, 1 in the cell	Both in the cell	2 at the pole, 1 in the cell	1 at the pole, 2 in the cell
ComGA-CFP	1,608	16.8	33.7	5.9	26.3	16.3	0.4	10.7	1.5	3.3	1.9
ComFA-mCherry	1,497	9.8	37.0	7.5	28.8	8.9	0.0	13.7	0.7	2.7	0.7
ComGC-FlAsH	1,117	12.5	24.3	5.0	37.1	13.6	0.0	10.0	0.0	2.9	7.1
ComEC-YFP	573	28.4	31.9	4.3	41.1	13.5	0.0	4.9	1.8	1.8	0.6
ComFC-YFP	689	19.9	39.4	7.3	26.3	9.5	0.0	10.9	1.5	1.5	3.6
ComEB-YFPc	507	20.3	65.0	15.5	11.7	1.9	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ComFB-YFP	1,861	8.0	39.6	8.1	28.8	15.3	0.0	5.4	0.9	1.8	0.0

^aThree foci away from the pole were never observed.

^b“In the cell” means “not at the pole but toward the cell center.”

^cFusion is not fully functional.