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Figure 3:
Heterocyst differentiation in microelectromechanical system-assisted liquid microchambers. Spatiotemporal
dynamics in morphological changes (BF, bright fi eld),
hetR
promoter (P
hetR
) activity monitored with a transcriptional
gfp
fusion reporter (
hetR
), and phycobilisome fl uorescence (Pbs) in an individual
Anabaena
fi lament at the indicated times after
nitrogen step-down. The dashed square at the top indicates the space of a microchamber. The bottom panel (taken at 70 h)
shows a magnifi cation of part of the fi lament. With the kind permission of H. Iwasaki, Department of Electrical Engineering
and Biological Science, Waseda University (TWIns), Tokyo, Japan &
PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST),
Tokyo, Japan [Asai
et al
. (2009)
PLoS ONE
4(10):
e7371. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007371.g001].
