Fig. 4

Survival rates under different growth/desiccation conditions. Control: Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days without desiccation. Stationary: Wild type cells growing YPD in medium for 3 days then desiccated for 14 days. Log-phase: Wild type cells growing in YPD medium for overnight then desiccated for 14 days. ire1Δ: ire1Δ mutant cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days then desiccated for 14 days. hac1Δ: hac1Δ mutant cells growing in YPD medium for 3 days then desiccated for 14 days. Data were presented as mean ± standard derivation (represented by the error bars) from 3 independent experiments (three plates were used in each experiment). *: p < 0.05; ns: not significant compared to stationary cells