Live-cell superresolution microscopy reveals the organization of RNA polymerase in the bacterial nucleoid

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 32, 2015, Pages E4390-E4399

  Stracy, Mathew ^a   Lesterlin, Christian ^b   De Leon, Federico Garza ^a   Uphoff, Stephan ^a,c   Zawadzki, Pawel ^a,c   Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein DNA interactions; RNA Polymerase; Single molecule tracking; Superresolution; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

3D STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; ILLUMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RIFAMPIN; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84938941259     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507592112     Document Type: Article

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