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From: The dynamic behavior of bacterial macrofibers growing with one end prevented from rotating: variation in shaft rotation along the fiber's length, and supercoil movement on a solid surface toward the constrained end

Figure 2

Micrographs of the plectoneme supercoil markers used to measure shaft rotation during growth of tethered macrofibers 8 and 9. The tether wire was located at the top of each fiber. Arrows point to the 4 markers in each fiber used to obtain rotation rates. Numbers are distances of the markers from the tether in mm. A = fiber 8, B = fiber 9.

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