The Trichoderma reesei hydrophobin genes hfb1 and hfb2 have diverse functions in fungal development 

 -  FEMS MicroBiology Letters, 253(2), p.281-288, 2005 .
<br/><br/> Hydrophobins are fungal self-assembling proteins. Here, the hydrophobin genes hfb1 and hfb2 were deleted in Trichoderma reesei and their biological roles studied. Our results suggest that HFBI has a role in hyphal development and HFBII in sporulation. Sporulating colonies of the Dhfb2 strain were wettable and sporulation was only 50 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS<br/>GENE DELETION<br/>BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION<br/>MORPHOLOGY