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. 2013 Nov;12(11):1530–1537. doi: 10.1128/EC.00239-13

Table 4.

Comparison of prospore membrane closure in wild-type, ama1Δ, vps13Δ, and spo71Δ cells

Expt Result Wild-type cellsa ama1Δ cellsa vps13Δ cellsa spo71Δ cellsc
Membrane closure by FLIP assay (%) Closed 100 31 0 3
Open 0 53 94 72
Indeterminateb 0 16 6 25
Don1-GFP distribution (%) Cytoplasm 100 34 66 67
Leading edge 0 66 34 33
a

Data are from references 11 and 12.

b

Fluorescence loss was intermediate between open and closed patterns.

c

More than 50 prospore membranes were scored in the FLIP assay. More than 110 prospore membranes were examined in the Don1-GFP distribution experiment.