Fluorescence microscopy (VIDEO)

University of Pennsylvania

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Fluorescence microscopy confirming the assembly and disassembly of fluorescent-tagged Haloferax volcanii volactin filaments (left) and super-resolution projections showing volactin polymers criss-crossing the cytoplasm, forming structures that resemble “bridges” connecting the cytoplasmic membrane in disk-shaped H. volcanii cells (right).

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(Video: Courtesy of Theopi Rados of Brandeis University)

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