Fig. 5

Knockdown of fab1 by copper-responsive RNAi-mediated silencing system. The abundance of fab1 mRNAs (a), extracellular pNPC (b), pNPG (c) and CMC (d) hydrolytic activity of the parental and P _tcu1 –fab1^KD strains cultured on 1% (w/v) Avicel supplied with or without copper were determined. Mycelial growth (e) and sporulation (f) of the parental TU6 and P _tcu1 –fab1^KD strains on agar plate containing 1% glucose and malt extract agar plate, respectively, supplied with or without copper were investigated