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ArticleBiophysical journal2011

Super-resolution imaging of the nucleoid-associated protein HU in Caulobacter crescentus.

Steven F Lee, Michael A Thompson, Monica A Schwartz, Lucy Shapiro, W E Moerner

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Steven F LeeDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Michael A Thompson
Monica A Schwartz
Lucy Shapiro
W E Moerner

Funding

Subcellular architecture of regulatory protein complexes at the bacterial poleR01GM086196 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MOERNER, WILLIAM E, SHAPIRO, LUCILLE · 2008 to 2015
$4.7M
Mechanisms controlling the dynamic structure of the bacterial chromosomeF32GM080147 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARTZ, MONICA A · 2007 to 2009
$148k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM080147NIGMS NIH HHS F32GM080147NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086196NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM086196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the structure and function of most nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) in bacteria. One reason for this is that the distribution and structure of the proteins is obfuscated by the diffraction limit in standard wide-field and confocal fluorescence imaging. In particular, the distribution of HU, which is the most abundant NAP, has received little attention. In this study, we investigate the distribution of HU in Caulobacter crescentus using a combination of super-resolution fluorescence imaging and spatial point statistics. By simply increasing the laser power, single molecules of the fluorescent protein fusion HU2-eYFP can be made to blink on and off to achieve super-resolution imaging with a single excitation source. Through quantification by Ripley's K-test and comparison with Monte Carlo simulations, we find the protein is slightly clustered within a mostly uniform distribution throughout the swarmer and stalked stages of the cell cycle but more highly clustered in predivisional cells. The methods presented in this letter should be of broad applicability in the future study of prokaryotic NAPs.

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Bacterial ProteinsCaulobacter crescentusCell CycleDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImaging, Three-DimensionalRecombinant Fusion ProteinsBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding Proteinsenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent Proteinshistone-like protein HU, bacteriaRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID21463569
PMCPMC3072666

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