Dose-response curves of the effects of the PAF peptides on conidial germination and viability of conidia of N. crassa.

(A) Percentage of germinated conidia was quantified by light microscopy 3 h after treatment with the peptides. (B) Percentage of viable cells after 3 h of peptide treatment was quantified using the cell death marker propidium iodide. The peptides used were PAF26 (black circles), PAF95 (white triangles) and PAF96 (white squares).