Extended Data Fig. 2: Domain collapse and splitting in the in vitro Min system.
From: Protein pattern morphology and dynamics emerging from effective interfacial tension
a The time series of single domains in the in vitro Min protein Turing foam at the total concentrations of MinD [MinD] = 2 μM and MinE-His [MinE-His] = 8 μM are shown. The fluorescence intensity of labeled MinD (red) and MinE (blue) from the experiments for ref. 20 are shown for a domain with five (top row) and four (lower row) edges. Movie 4 shows the full pattern evolution recorded every 10 seconds. b Two domains are shown that split by the growth of new MinE branches (cf. Movie 4). c The domain-size trajectories for domains with less (blue) or more (red) than six edges are given (see Methods Sec. C). d The histograms of the final domain sizes of domains with less (blue), equal to (black), and more (red) than six edges are shown in d (see Methods Sec. C).
