Capturing the Carboxysome in Motion (VIDEO)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

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After "turning on" the critical genes, the cyanobacteria began to construct carboxysomes out of fluorescent-tagged materials. The video is composed of still-images taken every three minutes, starting two hours after genes were induced.

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Jeffrey Cameron and Cheryl Kerfeld.

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