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C-terminal green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions to various lengths of the GerH proteins were overexpressed in vegetative bacteria, and the subcellular locations of these GFP fusion sites were analyzed by flow cytometry and protease sensitivity. GFP fusion to full-length GerH\n            <jats:sub>C<\/jats:sub>\n            confirmed that the C terminus of this protein is extracellular, as predicted. GerH\n            <jats:sub>A<\/jats:sub>\n            and GerH\n            <jats:sub>B<\/jats:sub>\n            were both predicted to be integral membrane proteins by topology modeling. Analysis of C-terminal GFP fusions to full-length GerH\n            <jats:sub>B<\/jats:sub>\n            and nine truncated GerH\n            <jats:sub>B<\/jats:sub>\n            proteins supports either an 8- or 10-transmembrane-domain topology. 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