Make It Shine: Labelling the ER for Light and Fluorescence Microscopy

Overview

Journal Methods Mol Biol

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2024 Feb 27

PMID 38411802

Authors

Chris Hawes

Pengwei Wang

Verena Kriechbaumer

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Abstract

The ER is a highly dynamic network of tubules and membrane cisternae. Hence, imaging this organelle in its native and mobile state is of great importance. Here we describe methods of labelling the native plant ER using fluorescent proteins and lipid dyes as well as methods for immunolabelling on plant tissue.

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