2024
Detection of membrane fission in single Bacillus subtilis cells during endospore formation with high temporal resolution
Landajuela A, Braun M, Rodrigues C, Karatekin E. Detection of membrane fission in single Bacillus subtilis cells during endospore formation with high temporal resolution. STAR Protocols 2024, 5: 102965. PMID: 38502684, PMCID: PMC10963649, DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102965.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Rapid propagation of membrane tension at retinal bipolar neuron presynaptic terminals
Gomis Perez C, Dudzinski NR, Rouches M, Landajuela A, Machta B, Zenisek D, Karatekin E. Rapid propagation of membrane tension at retinal bipolar neuron presynaptic terminals. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabl4411. PMID: 34985955, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl4411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane tensionMembrane flowStimulation of exocytosisSynaptic vesicle turnoverNeuroendocrine adrenal chromaffin cellsCell divisionVesicle turnoverCellular activitiesCell migrationCell typesAdrenal chromaffin cellsChromaffin cellsGlobal decreasePresynaptic terminalsRapid propagationEndocytosisExocytosisNeuronal terminalsPhagocytosisTurnoverGradientCellsDivisionMigration
2020
DNA-Origami-Based Fluorescence Brightness Standards for Convenient and Fast Protein Counting in Live Cells
Williams ND, Landajuela A, Kasula RK, Zhou W, Powell JT, Xi Z, Isaacs FJ, Berro J, Toomre D, Karatekin E, Lin C. DNA-Origami-Based Fluorescence Brightness Standards for Convenient and Fast Protein Counting in Live Cells. Nano Letters 2020, 20: 8890-8896. PMID: 33164530, PMCID: PMC7726105, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopies of proteinsBrightness standardsFluorescence microscopyProtein countingMammalian cellsFluorescent proteinCopy numberLive cellsConventional quantification techniquesBiological LaboratoryFluorescence microscopeProteinDNA origamiVersatile toolCellsBiologyCurrent quantification methodsCopiesOrganic dyes