Lc-Polscope Image of Cell Wall Sacculi Purified from <em>Bacillus Subtilis</em> (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Lc-Polscope Image of Cell Wall Sacculi Purified from <em>Bacillus Subtilis</em>

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LC-PolScope image of cell wall sacculi purified from Bacillus subtilis with different levels of induction of mreBCD, the genes that build rod shape. Color indicates the molecular orientation, brightness corresponding to degree of alignment in that direction.

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R. Oldenbourg and E. Garner

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