Role of Als proteins in mediating yeast-hyphae adhesion. (a, c, e) Adhesion force histograms and (b, d, f) scatter plots (n = 300 data points; insets: probability density maps) of the strongest adhesion force peaks (Fmax) obtained for the interaction between C. albicans cell probes and C. albicans hyphae from the double mutant als3Δ/als3Δ als1Δ/als1Δ (Δals3Δals1) (a, b), and the simple mutants als3Δ/als3Δ (Δals3) (c, d) and als1Δ/als1Δ (Δals1) (e, f). For each mutant, data from 3 different yeast/hyphae combinations are shown.