Fig. 6

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and lipid droplets (LDs) dynamic in desiccated yeast cells. a Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days, then dried for 14 days, showing LD associated with ER membrane (arrow). b Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days, then dried for 14 days, showing LD near the nucleus is surrounded by disorganized ER membrane. c Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days, then dried for 14 days, showing the LD surrounded by circular ER structures. Some of the circular structures appear to have no membrane (arrow in boxed area). d Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days, then dried for 0 to 15 days. The survival rates were measured every 3 days using plate assay. Data were presented as mean ± SD from 3 independent experiments. *: p < 0.05, compared to fluorescence intensity of 0 day. N = nucleus, V = vacuole, LD = lipid droplet, m = mitochondria