Peptidoglycan Surrounding Moss Chloroplasts (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Peptidoglycan Surrounding Moss Chloroplasts

Caption

This is a reconstructed three-dimensional confocal micrographs showing fluorescence in the moss chloroplast caused by (left) the binding of Alexa Fluor 488 to D-Ala-D-Ala revealing a peptidoglycan 'wall'; and (middle) chlorophyll autofluorescence. The right image is a combination of the left and middle images. (Adapted from Fig. 4B of Hirano et al., 2016)

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Professor Hiroyoshi Takano

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