Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Degron-tagged reporters probe membrane topology and enable the specific labelling of membrane-wrapped structures

  • Katharina B. Beer,
  • Gholamreza Fazeli,
  • Kristyna Judasova,
  • Linda Irmisch,
  • Jona Causemann,
  • Jörg Mansfeld,
  • Ann M. Wehman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11442-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Visualising certain organelles and their dynamics is challenging in living cells. Here the authors co-opt selective degradation to label membrane-bound compartments in worm embryos and mammalian cells, revealing membrane topology during cell division.