The ESCRT Complexes: Methods and Protocols

1. Analysis of the Archaeal ESCRT Apparatus

            Rachel Y. Samson, Iain G. Duggin, and Stephen D. Bell

2. Genetic and Cell Biology Methods to Study ESCRTs in Drosophila melanogaster

            Marco Gualtieri and Thomas Vaccari

3. Functional Analysis of ESCRT-Positive Extracellular Vesicles in the Drosophila Wing Imaginal Disc

            Tamas Matusek, Pascal Thérond, and Maximilian Fürthauer

4. Subcellular Localization of ESCRT-II in the Nematode C. elegans by Correlative-Light Electron Microscopy

            Céline Largeau, Emmanuel Culetto, and Renaud Legouis

5. Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA) to Determine the Endosomal Localization of ESCRT Subunit in Virus-Infected Cells

            Binod Kumar, Mohanan Valiya Veettil, Arunava Roy, and Bala Chandran

6. Immuno-Localization of ESCRT Proteins in Virus-Infected Cells by Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy

            Keisuke Tabata, Atsuki Nara, Hiroko Omori, and Eiji Morita

7. Single Cell Fluorescence Ratio Image Analysis for Studying ESCRT Function in Receptor Trafficking

8. Genetic and Biochemical Analyses of Yeast ESCRT

            Sudeep Banjade, Shaogeng Tang, and Scott D. Emr

9. Live Imaging of ESCRT Proteins in Microfluidically-Isolated Hippocampal Axons

            Veronica Birdsall, Jose C. Martinez, Lisa Randolph, Ulrich Hengst, and Clarissa L. Waites

10. Studying the Spatial Organization of ESCRTs in Cytokinetic Abscission Using the High Resolution Imaging Techniques SIM and Cryo-SXT

            Shai Adar-Levor, Inna Goliand, Michael Elbaum, and Natalie Elia

11. Three Dimensional Surface Rendering of ESCRT Proteins Microscopy Data Using UCSF Chimera Software

            Romain Le Bars, Michele W. Bianchi, and Christophe Lefebvre

12. Transient Expression of ESCRT-Components in Arabidopsis Root Cell Suspension Culture-Derived Protoplasts

            Marie-Kristin Nagel, Karin Vogel, and Erika Isono

13. Crystallization and Biophysical Approaches for Studying the Interactions between the Vps4-MIT Domain and ESCRT-III Proteins

            Takayuki Obita, Rieko Kojima, and Mineyuki Mizuguchi

14. Biochemical Approaches to Studying C. elegans ESCRT Function In Vitro

            Samuel Block, Amber L. Schuh, and Anjon Audhya

15. Purification of Recombinant ESCRT-III Proteins and Their Use in Atomic Force Microscopy and In Vitro Binding and Phosphorylation Assays

            Luisa Capalbo, Ioanna Mela, Maria Alba Abad, A. Arockia Jeyaprakash, J. Michael Edwardson, and Pier Paolo D'Avino

16. Assessment of ESCRT Protein CHMP5 Activity on Client Protein Ubiquitination by Immunoprecipitation and Western Blotting

            Francheska Son, Katharine Umphred-Wilson, Jae-Hyuck Shim, and Stanley Adoro

17. Purification of Plant ESCRT Proteins for Polyclonal Antibody Production

18. Genetic and Cytological Methods to Study ESCRT Cell Cycle Function in Fission Yeast

            Imane M. Rezig, Shaun K. Bremner, Musab S. Bhutta, Ian P. Salt, Gwyn W. Gould, and Christopher J. McInerny

19. ESCRT Mutant Analysis and Imaging of ESCRT Components in the Model Fungus Ustilago maydis

            Carl Haag, Thomas Klein, and Michael Feldbrügge

20. Genetic Suppressor Screen Using an Inducible FREE1-RNAi Line to Detect ESCRT Genetic Interactors in Arabidopsis thaliana

            Qiong Zhao, Ying Zhu, Wenhan Cao, Jinbo Shen, Yong Cui, Shuxian Huang, and Liwen Jiang

21. Screening of Interactions with the ESCRT Machinery by a Gaussia princeps Split Luciferase-Based Complementation Assay

            Rina Barouch-Bentov, Yves Jacob, and Shirit Einav

22. RNA Interference-Mediated Inhibition of ESCRT in Mammalian Cells

            Katherine Bowers