Figure 2.

In vivo nucleic acid encapsulation inside Dps_Encs and resistance toward nuclease digestion. (A) Schematic of Dps_Encs protecting in vivo encapsulated nucleic acids from nucleases. (B) Native agarose gel electrophoresis of Nat_Encs and Dps_Encs before and after nuclease treatment. Gels were stained with Coomassie blue to visualize protein (left) or GelRed to visualize nucleic acids (middle). On the right, the relative intensity of nucleic acid bands (dotted box) normalized by protein amount is shown, highlighting the encapsulation capacity difference between Nat_Encs and Dps_Encs.