change the ticks labels in python

temp_figure = figure()
ax1 = temp_figure.gca()

ax1.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(len(data)))

for templabel in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():

        templabel.set_fontsize(8)

        templabel.set_color('red')

        templabel.set_rotation(45)

for line in  ax1.xaxis.get_ticklines():  

        line.set_color('red')     

        line.set_markersize(25)

        line.set_markeredgewidth(3)

NOTE: Note that the MaxNLocator sets the maximum number of *intervals* so the max number of ticks will

be the max number of intervals plus one.