Figure 1

Schematic view of the experimental design used to compare the transcriptomes of whiA and whiH mutants to that of the wild type M145 strain. A18 refers to whiA mutant cDNA from 18 h growth, A36 is whiA cDNA from 36 h, A48 from 48 h. W refers to wild type strain M145 and H to the whiH mutant. At 18 h, samples consisted mainly of vegetative mycelium (Veg), while aerial hyphae formation (AHF) was seen at 36 h, and abundant spores (Sp) were produced at 48 h in the wild-type cultures.