Disruption of zinc finger DNA binding domain in catabolite repressor Mig1 increases growth rate, hyphal branching, and cellulase expression in hypercellulolytic fungus Penicillium funiculosum NCIM1228

Table 1 Percentage of hyphae showing distinct morphologies in P. funiculosum NCIM1228 and PfMig1⁸⁸

% pattern in hyphal termini^a	% unbranched	% nicked bifurcation	% bifurcation	% trifurcation	% quadra-furcation
NCIM1228	72.6 ± 4.4	16.5 ± 0.2	6.07 ± 3.5	4.76 ± 0.7	0
PfMig1⁸⁸	8.8 ± 0.9	0	50 ± 0.47	30.5 ± 0.2	11 ± 1.6

^aBranching pattern has been schematically represented in Additional file 1: Figure S6

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