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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2004 Jul 13;14(13):1167–1173. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.048

Figure 4. The MreB Helix Is Not Required for the Rapid Movement of FtsZ or MinD.

Figure 4

(A and B). Time courses of FtsZ-GFP movement in cells lacking MreB (WM2002). For panel (A), images were taken 12–15 s apart. For panel (B), times elapsed were 0, 60, 120, 160, 180, 200, and 240 s, respectively, with a DIC image at the end. Arrows highlight the most visible fluorescent foci, which appeared to move in an oscillatory manner perpendicular to the division plane (most obvious in [B]). The arrowhead in (B) points to a FtsZ arc at the medial constriction site.

(C) Time course of GFP-MinD movement in two WM1928 cells (ΔmreB::cat) at 8 s intervals, with a DIC image at the end. Note the complex localization patterns, including the assembly at multiple foci in panel 11. The scale bar for (A) represents 2 μm; that in (B) represents 3 μm; and that in (C) represents 5 μm.