Determination of cellular neutral lipid levels in yeast is important for both the biotechnology industry and biomedical research. However, many of the currently available methods are labor intensive and time consuming. Here we describe a rapid and repeatable method for the detection of neutral lipids, which can be utilized in both oleaginous and non-oleaginous yeast species. The method utilizes the fluorescent dye, Nile red, which enables neutral lipid levels to either be visualized via microscopy or quantified using a 96-well plate assay.
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Rostron, K. A., & Lawrence, C. L. (2017). Nile red staining of neutral lipids in yeast. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1560, pp. 219–229). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6788-9_16
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