Imaging DivIVA dynamics using photo-convertible and activatable fluorophores in Bacillus subtilis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Bach, Juri N ^a   Albrecht, Nadine ^a   Bramkamp, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendra2; Division site selection; DivIVA; PA GFP; Photoactivation; Photoconversion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DENDRA2 PROTEIN; DIVIVA PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOPHORE ASSISTED LIGHT INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; IMAGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84897609336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00059     Document Type: Article

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