Fig. 6.

FtsZ bundle dimensions in complex shapes. a Cells expressing cytosolic GFP or FtsZ-mCitrine were remodeled into various shapes. Top row, schematic representation of the cell shapes (colored green for visualization). Middle row, representative cells expressing cytosolic GFP, and sculpted in the corresponding shapes. Bottom row, an FtsZ-pentagon, FtsZ-half-moon, FtsZ-star, FtsZ-triangle and FtsZ-cross in sculpted cells. Scale bars = 1 μm. b Quantification of FtsZ cluster lengths and widths in shaped cells. Cluster dimensions in pentagons (l = 131.4 ± 52 nm, w = 74.6 ± 9.5 nm, n = 121), half-moons (l = 129 ± 45 nm, w = 79.9 ± 9.6 nm, n = 98), stars (l = 139.6 ± 67 nm, w = 75.5 ± 15.5 nm, n = 113), triangles (l = 110 ± 35 nm, w = 78 ± 10.7 nm, n = 81) and crosses (l = 118.9 ± 21 nm, w = 71.1 ± 17.8 nm, n = 45). l, length, w, width. Boxes represent S.D., with red lines indicating mean. Whiskers on the box plots encompass 95.5% of the distribution