FM 4-64 is a lipophilic styryl dye and a vital stain: it fluoresces only in living cells, so cells cannot be fixed then stained nor stained then fixed. You must stain and observe living cells. FM 4-64 does not permeate cell membranes but, instead, intercalates into the plasma membrane is then
taken into the cells by endocytosis. - [Read FM 4-64 Labeling of Yeast Vacuole Membranes Protocol]
Fractionation of (a) vacuolar and subvacuolar vesicles and (b) vacuole and cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) vesicles from yeast spheroplasts in a pre-formed discontinuous iodixanol gradients. Protocol includes: Formation of yeast spheroplasts; Isolation and vesiculation of the vacuoles; Separation of the vacuolar and subvacuolar vesicles; Separation of vacuoles and Cvt vesicles from a yeast spheroplast lysate. - [Read Fractionation of Vacuolar and Subvacuolar vesicles and Vacuole and Cytoplasm-to-Vacuole Targeting]