Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Temporal gene regulation enables controlled expression of gas vesicles and preserves bacterial viability
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67667-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Schematic representation of the genetic constructs of the dual-inducer system ( a ) and two single‑reporter constructs ( b ) for fluorescent reporter proteins expression. c , d Fluorescence fold change of dual‑inducer vs. single‑reporter across inducer concentrations. c mCherry-only vs. mCherry-dual: NS at 0 µM IPTG; P = 0.0003, <0.0001 ( P = 0.00000058), and <0.0001 ( P = 0.000003) at 20, 200, and 400 µM. d sfGFP-only vs. sfGFP-dual: NS for all. e , f Fluorescence fold change of the dual-inducer vs. single-reporter without the corresponding inducer. e mCherry-dual vs. mCherry-only. P = 0.00461, 0.0165, <0.0001 ( P = 0.00002) at 0, 50, 500 ng/mL aTc. NS at 1000 ng/mL. f sfGFP-dual vs. sfGFP-only. NS at 0, 20, 200 µM IPTG; P = 0.00461 at 400 μM. Schematic representation of the dual-inducer system induced with varying concentrations of IPTG at fixed aTc concentration ( g ) or with varying concentrations of aTc at fixed IPTG concentration ( j ). Fold change in mCherry ( h ) and sfGFP ( k ). mCherry: 0 vs. 500 ng/mL aTc across IPTG concentrations: NS at 0, 20 µM; P = 0.0238, 0.0044 at 200, 400 µM. sfGFP: 0 vs. 200 µM IPTG across aTc concentrations: NS at 0, 50 ng/mL; P = 0.0089, 0.0012 at 500, 1000 ng/mL. Fold change in sfGFP ( i ) and mCherry ( l ). i sfGFP-dual cultures at 500 ng/mL aTc without IPTG vs. 0–400 µM IPTG: NS at 0 µM; P = 0.0009, 0.0007, 0.0010 at 20, 200, 400 µM. l mCherry-dual cultures at 200 µM IPTG without aTc vs. 0–1000 ng/mL aTc: NS at 0 ng/mL; P = 0.0478, 0.0013, 0.0145 at 50, 500, 1000 ng/mL. Fold change in c – f , h , i , k , l is plotted in arbitrary units (AU, y -axis), data representing mean ± s.d. ( n = 6 biologically independent samples). Statistics: c , d , h , k by two-tailed unpaired Welch t-test; e , f , i , l vs. grey controls by Brown–Forsythe and Welch one-way ANOVA with Dunnett T3 correction.
Article Snippet: The monomeric Cherry red fluorescent protein (mCherry) gene was obtained from Addgene (plasmid #29747), and the superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) gene was acquired from Addgene (plasmid #85492).
Techniques: Construct, Expressing, Fluorescence, Concentration Assay, Two Tailed Test
