ZipA-Gfp ring assembly and dynamics are unaffected by deletion of <i>clpX</i>.

<p>(A) Fluorescence microscopy imaging of ZipA-Gfp rings in cells expressing ZipA-Gfp from the chromosome induced with 10 μM IPTG in strains with (MC181) and without <i>clpX</i> (MV0226) under growth conditions described in <i>Materials and methods</i>. Size bar is 2 μm. (B) Box and whiskers plot of average recovery half-times of ZipA-Gfp rings with (MC181) and without <i>clpX</i> (MV0226). The extent of the box encompasses the interquartile range of the fluorescence recovery half-times, and whiskers extend to the maximum and minimum values. The line within each box represents the median. Where indicated, <i>p</i> values are specified as ‘n.s.’ (not significant) as compared to wild type.