Table 2.
Mean length, width, volume, and growth rate (±confidence intervals) of apical compartments of wild-type and ΔhexA before and after laser dissection in the 2nd compartment.
| Apical length (µm) | Hyphal width (µm) | Growth rate (µm/h) Before After cutting | Apical volume (pl) Before After cutting | Volume lost (pl) | Volume remaining (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wt | Compartments that stopped growing | 293 ± 61 | 6.3 ± 0.4 | 92 ± 7 | 0 ± 0 | 6.4 ± 1.7 | 3.9 ± 1.8 | 2.4 ± 1.7 | 62 ± 21 |
| Compartments that continued growing | 363 ± 67 | 5.7 ± 0.2 | 97 ± 5 | 112 ± 6 | 9.2 ± 1.3 | 8.1 ± 1.4 | 1.1 ± 0.6 | 86 ± 7 | |
| Δ hexA | Compartments that stopped growing | 287 ± 47 | 5.9 ± 0.3 | 108 ± 7 | 6 ± 4 | 8.4 ± 1.8 | 2.3 ± 1 | 6.2 ± 1.5 | 29 ± 12 |
| Compartments that continued growing | 524 ± 151 | 6.2 ± 0.9 | 119 ± 14 | 127 ± 21 | 16 ± 8.4 | 10 ± 7.8 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 50 ± 26 | |