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. 2015 Aug 17;210(4):553–564. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201502046

Table 1. Radii of confinement calculated for untreated and treated cells.

Metric Equation Calculation LacO array distance from centromere
240 kb untreated 240 kb azide 6.8 kb untreated 6.8 kb benomyl 6.8 kb azide
Sample size (foci)
40 41 41 41 37
Rc (nm) =54 ×MSDplateau Plateau (individual cell) 664 ± 243 187 ± 68.3 388 ± 152 306 ± 118 89.6 ± 25.6
=54 × (2σ2 + Δr02) σ (individual cell) 593 ± 170 165 ± 56.7 350 ± 112 280 ± 84 84.0 ± 22.9
σ (entire data set) 609 172 363 289 86
Effective spring constant (pN/nm) = 2kbTMSDplateau Δr02 Plateau (individual cell) 9.4 × 10−5 ± 1.0 × 10−4 1.22 × 10−3 ± 1.7 × 10−3 2.4 × 10−4 ± 2.2 × 10−4 4.4 × 10−4 ± 3.9 × 10−4 4.0 × 10−3 ± 4.0 × 10−3
= kBTσ2 σ (individual cell) 9.1 × 10−5 ± 5.7 × 10−5 1.54 × 10−3 ± 1.8 × 10−3 2.9 × 10−4 ± 2.2 × 10−4 4.4 × 10−4 ± 3.4 × 10−4 4.7 × 10−3 ± 3.4 × 10−3
σ (entire data set) 6.9 × 10−5 8.6 × 10−4 1.9 × 10−4 3.1 × 10−4 4.7 × 10−3
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