Fig 3. Noise decrease in focal adhesions is coupled to their size and internal density independently.

(a) The workflow of inferring changes in noise levels between two categories of focal adhesions (e.g. small versus big focal adhesions). (b) Changes in noise levels as a function of focal adhesions area. (c) Changes in noise levels as a function of focal adhesions age. (d) Focal adhesions were sub-categorized according to both their area and age. Changes in noise levels were inferred within each age category as a function of area and vice versa. (e) Same as (d), using eccentricity instead of age. (f) Same as (d), using density instead of age. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean between datasets (see S1 Fig and S2 Table).