Figure 2.
Probability density functions of (A) cell diameter, (B) MreB polymer lengths, and (C) MreB monomer angles in E. coli expressing MreBmsfGFP. Data is collected from 459 cells, with an average of 7.3 polymers detected per cell. The distribution in (A) shows an average diameter of 934 ± 6 nm. The average MreB polymer length was measured as 500 ± 10 nm. The angle distribution of monomers in (C) is made by weighting the angle distribution of polymers by the length of each polymer, and had a mean angle of 91 ± 1°. All values are shown as mean ± 80% confidence intervals. To see this figure in color, go online.