Adult mouse DRG neurons transduced with AAV‐PHP.S (Chan et al, 2017 (link)) encoding HA‐Dendra2‐nucleolin (full length and ΔGAR), or N2a or HEK‐293 cells transfected with HA‐Dendra2‐nucleolin (full length and ΔGAR) expression plasmids were live imaged with the Nikon Ti‐LAPP illumination system equipped with a temperature‐controlled chamber and an Andor EMCCD camera. Cells were incubated with 10 µM Hoechst 33342 in medium for 10 min prior acquisition. Images were acquired in DAPI, GFP, TRITC, and DIC channels at ×60 magnification with Nikon CFI plan apochromat 60× oil lambda objective. Medium was removed, and the cells were immediately refocused and imaged or the t = 0 image, followed by careful addition of 1 ml ddH2O by pipetting and image acquisition using a same setting with 42 s interval for 5 min. Images were analyzed by NIS‐Elements software (Nikon).